Genesis 40:1-8

Joseph Interprets a Dream

1 Then it came about after these things, 1the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
2 Pharaoh was 2furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the 3captain of the bodyguard, in the jail *, the same place where * Joseph was imprisoned.
4 The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time.
5 Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail *, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation.
6 When Joseph came to them in the morning and observed them, behold, they were dejected.
7 He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in confinement in his master's house, "4Why are your faces so sad today?"
8 Then they said to him, "5We have had a dream and there is no one to interpret it." Then Joseph said to them, "6Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please."

Cross References 6

  • 1. Genesis 40:11, 13; Nehemiah 1:11
  • 2. Proverbs 16:14
  • 3. Genesis 39:1, 20
  • 4. Nehemiah 2:2
  • 5. Genesis 41:15
  • 6. Genesis 41:16; Daniel 2:27, 28

Footnotes 6

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