Genesis 40:9

So the king’s chief drink-server told his dream to Joseph. He said, “In my dream I saw a grapevine in front of me.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

In Context

8One of them answered, “We both had dreams last night, but there is no one who can tell us the meaning of the dreams.” Joseph said to them, “God is the only one who can [RHQ] tell the meaning of dreams. So tell me what you dreamed, and God will tell me the meaning.”

10On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:5One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.

Daniel 2:31O King, in your vision you saw in front of you a huge and terrifying statue of a man. It was shining very brightly, and it was frightening and awesome.

Daniel 4:10This is what I dreamed while I was lying on my bed: I saw a large tree growing in the middle of the land.

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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