Genesis 40:9

The chief cup bearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,

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

In Context

8They said to him, “We have dreamt a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me.”

10and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:5Joseph dreamt a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

Daniel 2:31“You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was terrifying.

Daniel 4:10These were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great.

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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