Genesis 40:8

American Standard Version (1901)

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.

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  • Gen 41:15-16 : 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it. 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
  • Dan 2:28 : 28 but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:
  • Dan 2:47 : 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
  • Dan 4:8 : 8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, [saying] ,
  • Dan 5:11-15 : 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, [I say], thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; 12 forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, who art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? 14 I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in thee. 15 And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.
  • 1 Cor 12:10-11 : 10 and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues: [ 11 but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.
  • Job 33:15-16 : 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.
  • Isa 8:19 : 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living [should they seek] unto the dead?
  • Dan 2:11 : 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

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  • Gen 41:15-17
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    15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.

    16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

    17And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:

  • Gen 37:5-6
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    5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

    6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

  • Gen 41:11-13
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    11and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

    12And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

    13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

  • Gen 40:5
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    5And 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, who were bound in the prison.

  • Gen 41:24-25
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    24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

    25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.

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    8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

  • Dan 2:7
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    7They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

  • Gen 42:23
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    23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

  • Gen 40:9
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    9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

  • Gen 40:7
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    7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?

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    15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?

  • Dan 2:36
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    36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

  • Gen 40:16
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    16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head:

  • Gen 40:18
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    18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

  • Gen 37:19
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    19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

  • Dan 2:9
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    9But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.

  • Gen 42:9
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    9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

  • Gen 37:9-10
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    9And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.

    10And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

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    19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

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    12And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;

  • Dan 4:7
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    7Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.