Genesis 40:8
6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
7 So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
9 So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,
10 and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- KJV
- And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
- WEB
- They said to him, “We have dreamed 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.”
- ASV
- And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.
- DARBY
- And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [your dreams], I pray you.
- BLB
- And they said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell [them], please, to me.”
- ÅB
- De svarte: Vi har drømt, og det er ingen som kan tyde det. Da sa Josef til dem: Å tyde drømmer - er ikke det Guds sak? Fortell meg hva dere har drømt!
- OTB
- De svarte: "Vi har hatt drømmer, og det er ingen som kan tyde dem." Josef sa til dem: "Tilhører ikke tydninger Gud? Fortell meg drømmene deres, vær så snill."
- B1930
- De svarte: Vi har drømt, og det er ingen som kan tyde det. Da sa Josef til dem: Å tyde drømmer - er ikke det Guds sak? Fortell mig hvad I har drømt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 2:47
The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
Read in contextGenesis 41:15–16
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
Read in contextDaniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
Read in contextAmos 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:10–11
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:19
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
Read in contextDaniel 5:11–15
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,
Read in contextDaniel 2:11
What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
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