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Genesis 40:8

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it to me, I pray you.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

In Context

7And he asked the officers of Pharaoh that were with him in ward in his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly today?

9The chief of the butlers then told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

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Cross References

Genesis 41:16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me; God will give an answer for the peace of Pharaoh.

Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumbers upon the couch:

Isaiah 8:19And when they shall say unto you, “Inquire of those that have familiar spirits, and of the wizards, that whisper, and that mutter:” should not a people inquire of their God? [should we then] in behalf of the living [inquire] of the dead?

Daniel 2:28But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to king Nebuchadnezzar what is to be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy couch, were these.

Daniel 4:8(4:5) But at the last came up before me Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and the dream did I recite before him, [saying,]

Amos 3:7For the Lord Eternal will do nothing, unless he have revealed his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:6-20

5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.… Read the whole commentary →

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