Genesis 40:8 — Meaning and Application

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“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.”

Genesis 40:8

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And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they {were} sad.

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that {were} with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye {so} sadly to day? {look...: Heb. are your faces evil?}

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.

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine {was} before me;

And in the vine {were} three branches: and it {was} as though it budded, {and} her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

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Genesis 40:1

"And it came to pass after these things, {that} the butler of the king of Egypt and {his} baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt."

Genesis 40:2

"And Pharaoh was wroth against two {of} his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers."

Genesis 40:3

"And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph {was} bound."

Genesis 40:4

"And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward."

Genesis 40:5

"And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which {were} bound in the prison."

Genesis 40:6

"And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they {were} sad."

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