Genesis 41:11
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
10 Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
12 Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
13 And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
- KJV
- And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
- WEB
- We dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each man dreamed according to the interpretation of his dream.
- ASV
- and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
- DARBY
- And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each according to the interpretation of his dream.
- BLB
- And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; each man according to the interpretation of his dream we dreamed.
- ÅB
- Da hadde vi hver sin drøm i samme natt, jeg og han, og våre drømmer hadde hver sin mening.
- OTB
- Vi hadde hver vår drøm samme natt, og hver drøm hadde sin egen tydning.
- B1930
- Da hadde vi hver sin drøm i samme natt, jeg og han, og våre drømmer hadde hver sin mening.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 40:5–8
both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
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