Genesis 41:17
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
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
- Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
- KJV
- And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
- WEB
- Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river;
- ASV
- And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:
- DARBY
- And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river.
- BLB
- And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the edge of the River,
- ÅB
- Da sa Farao til Josef: Jeg syntes i drømme at jeg sto på elvebredden.
- OTB
- Farao fortalte Josef: "I min drøm stod jeg ved bredden av Nilen,
- B1930
- Da sa Farao til Josef: Jeg syntes i drømme at jeg stod på elvebredden.