Genesis 40:9

9 So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said "In my dream a grapevine with three branches appeared in front of me.

Genesis 40:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:9

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph
He listened to what Joseph said, and paid a regard to it, and began to think he might be able to interpret his dream, and therefore was forward, and the first to tell him it at once; whereas the chief baker did not seem disposed to do it, until he observed the good interpretation given of the butler's dream, ( Genesis 40:16 ) : and said unto him, in my dream, behold, a vine [was] before me;
it appeared to him in his dream, as if a vine sprung up at once, and stood before him; which was very suitable to his office as a butler, wine being the fruit of the vine, which he provided for the king his master, and presented to him at table.

Genesis 40:9 In-Context

7 So he asked these officials of Pharaoh who were with him in his master's prison, "Why do you look so unhappy today?"
8 "We both had dreams," they answered him, "but there's no one to tell us what they mean." "Isn't God the only one who can tell what they mean?" Joseph asked them. "Why don't you tell me all about them."
9 So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said "In my dream a grapevine with three branches appeared in front of me.
10 Soon after it sprouted it blossomed. Then its clusters ripened into grapes.
11 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes and squeezed them into it. I put the cup in Pharaoh's hand."
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