Genesis 40:8

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Summary

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

Do not, etc

General references

Genesis 40:5

Genesis 41:11

Daniel 2:3

Bible References

Do not, etc

The king said: I had a dream. No one can explain what it means. I am told that you can interpret dreams.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds,

Jehovah is intimate with those who respect him. He reveals the intent of his covenant to them.

People will say to you: Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter. Should people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living?

It is a rare thing that the king requires. There is no other person who can show it to the king, except the gods, and they do not live with humans.

Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, finally came to me. He has the spirit of the holy gods. So I told the dream to him saying:

There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods. In your fathers day, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.

To another the workings of miracles and to another prophesy. To another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues.

The Lord Jehovah will do nothing without revealing his secrets to his servants the prophets.

General references

both prisoners, the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, had dreams one night. Each man had a dream with its own special meaning.

One night we both had dreams. Each dream had a different meaning.

The king said: I had a dream that troubles me and I want to understand what the dream means.