Genesis 41:15

15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream. No one can tell me what it means. But I've heard that when you hear a dream you can explain it."

Genesis 41:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:15

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph
, Immediately, upon his being introduced to him: I have dreamed a dream, and [there] is none that can interpret it;
that he could yet meet with; none of his magicians or wise men, who made great pretensions to skill in such matters: and I have heard say of thee, [that] thou canst understand a dream to
interpret it;
it had been reported to him, particularly by the chief butler, that when he heard a dream told him, he had such knowledge and understanding, that he could interpret it, tell the meaning of it, what it portended, and what would be the events signified by it.

Genesis 41:15 In-Context

13 Things turned out exactly as he said they would. I was given back my position. The other man had a pole stuck through his body."

14 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph. He was quickly brought out of the prison. Joseph shaved himself and changed his clothes. Then he came to Pharaoh.

15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream. No one can tell me what it means. But I've heard that when you hear a dream you can explain it."

16 "I can't do it," Joseph replied to Pharaoh. "But God will give Pharaoh the answer he wants."

17 Then Pharaoh told Joseph what he had dreamed. He said, "I was standing on the bank of the Nile River.