Genesis 40:9

And the chief of the butlers related his dream to Joseph,—and said to him, In my dream, then lo! a vine, before me;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

8And they said unto him, A dream, have we dreamed, but there is none, to interpret, it. Then said Joseph unto them—Is it not unto God, that interpretations belong? Relate it. I pray you, to me.

10and, in the vine, three shoots,—and the same at sprouting time, had shot up her blossom, and her clusters had brought to perfection ripe grapes.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brethren, and they went on yet more to hate him.

Daniel 2:31As for thee, O king, thou wast looking, when lo! a great image, this image, being mighty, and the brightness thereof surpassing, was standing before thee,—and, the appearance thereof, was terrible.

Daniel 4:10The visions then of my head upon my bed [were these],—I was looking, when lo! a tree in the midst of the land, and, the height thereof, 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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