Genesis 40:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

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  • Gen 41:15-16 : 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you. 16 Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.
  • Dan 2:28 : 28 But there is a God in heaven, the unveiler of secrets, and he has given to King Nebuchadnezzar knowledge of what will take place in the last days. Your dreams and the visions of your head on your bed are these:
  • Dan 2:47 : 47 And the king made answer to Daniel and said, Truly, your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and an unveiler of secrets, for you have been able to make this secret clear.
  • Dan 4:8 : 8 But at last Daniel came in before me, he whose name was Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I put the dream before him, saying,
  • Dan 5:11-15 : 11 There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and reason like the wisdom of the gods were seen in him: and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him master of the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs; 12 Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and the power of reading dreams and unfolding dark sayings and answering hard questions, were seen to be in him, even in Daniel (named Belteshazzar by the king): now let Daniel be sent for, and he will make clear the sense of the writing. 13 Then they took Daniel in before the king; the king made answer and said to Daniel, So you are that Daniel, of the prisoners of Judah, whom my father took out of Judah. 14 And I have had news of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and reason and special wisdom have been seen in you. 15 And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.
  • 1 Cor 12:10-11 : 10 And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues: 11 But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
  • Job 33:15-16 : 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds; 16 Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
  • Isa 8:19 : 19 And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead?
  • Dan 2:11 : 11 The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods, whose living-place is not with flesh.

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  • Gen 41:15-17
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    15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.

    16 Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.

    17 Then Pharaoh said, In my dream I was by the side of the Nile:

  • Gen 37:5-6
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    5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

    6 And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.

  • Gen 41:11-13
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    11 And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.

    12 And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.

    13 And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.

  • Gen 40:5
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    5 And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.

  • Gen 41:24-25
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    24 And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.

    25 Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

  • Gen 41:8
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    8 And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

  • Dan 2:7
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    7 A second time they said in answer, Let the king give his servants an account of his dream, and we will make clear the sense.

  • Gen 42:23
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    23 They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

  • Gen 40:9
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    9 Then the chief wine-servant gave Joseph an account of his dream, and said, In my dream I saw a vine before me;

  • Gen 40:7
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    7 And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

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    15 And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

  • Dan 2:36
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    36 This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the sense of it.

  • Gen 40:16
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    16 Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

  • Gen 40:18
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    18 Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;

  • Gen 37:19
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    19 Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.

  • Dan 2:9
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    9 That if you do not make my dream clear to me there is only one fate for you: for you have made ready false and evil words to say before me till the times are changed: so give me an account of the dream, and I will be certain that you are able to make the sense of it clear.

  • Gen 42:9
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    9 Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

  • Gen 37:9-10
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    9 Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.

    10 And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

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    19 And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?

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    12 Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;

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    7 Then the wonder-workers, the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs came in to me: and I put the dream before them but they did not make clear the sense of it to me.