Genesis 40:5

5 One night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own meaning.

Genesis 40:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:5

And they dreamed a dream both of them
Not one and the same dream: each man his dream in one night;
which made it the more remarkable, and the more impressed their minds, concluding from hence there must be something of importance in their dreams: each man according to the interpretation of his dream;
they dreamed each what was suitable to his office and character, and which portended what should hereafter befall them, as the interpretation of them by Joseph afterwards, and the event showed; so that it was not a vain idle dream, but divine and certain: the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which [were] bound in
the prison;
this is added for explanation's sake, showing who were the persons spoken of that dreamed the dreams.

Genesis 40:5 In-Context

3 and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

4 The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he waited on them; and they continued for some time in custody.

5 One night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own meaning.

6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled.

7 So he asked Pharaoh's officers, who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why are your faces downcast today?"