Genesis 41:16

Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Sir, I can’t do that by myself. God is the one that lets me understand people’s dreams. He will show me what your dream means, and it will be good for you to hear it.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

In Context

15Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and nobody can tell me what it means. But somebody told me that you can understand dreams. They said that if somebody tells you about their dream, you can say what it means.”

17So Pharaoh told Joseph about his dream. He said, “In my dream, I stood next to the Nile River.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:8Then those 2 men said to Joseph, “We both had dreams last night, but we don’t understand what those dreams mean, and there is nobody here that can tell us what they mean.” Joseph said, “Only God can tell people what dreams mean. Please tell me about your dreams. God will show me what they mean.”

Acts 3:7Then Peter held the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Straight away the man’s feet and ankles got strong.

Acts 14:14But somebody told Paul and Barnabas what those people wanted to do, and then Paul and Barnabas tore their clothes to show them they were upset, and they ran into the crowd of people, and they shouted,

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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