Genesis 41:12

There was also with us a young Hebrew, a slave of the captain of the guard; and we told him and he interpreted our dreams to us, to each of us according to his dream.

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And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

In Context

11We both had dreams the same night, each with a special meaning.

13Our dreams came true exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my office, but the other man was hanged.”

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Cross References

Genesis 39:1Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officers, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

Genesis 40:12Then Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:10-17

Joseph Brought before Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1715.) 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams;… Read the whole commentary →

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