Genesis 41:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 37:36 : 36 And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
  • Gen 40:12-19 : 12 Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days; 13 After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant. 14 But keep me in mind when things go well for you, and be good to me and say a good word for me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison: 15 For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison. 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; 17 And in the top basket were all sorts of cooked meats for Pharaoh; and the birds were taking them out of the baskets on my head. 18 Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days; 19 After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.
  • Gen 39:1 : 1 Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
  • Gen 39:20 : 20 And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.

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  • Gen 41:10-11
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    10 Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and had put me in prison in the house of the captain of the army, together with the chief bread-maker;

    11 And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.

  • Gen 41:13
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    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 40:4-5
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    4 And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

    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 40:7-9
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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?

    8 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?

    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 41:15
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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.

  • Gen 37:6
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    6 And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.

  • Dan 2:36
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    36 This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king 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 37:19-20
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    19 Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.

    20 Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

  • 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.

  • 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 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?

  • Gen 40:12
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    12 Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;

  • 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 41:25
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    25 Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

  • Gen 41:1
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    1 Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;

  • Dan 4:6
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    6 And I gave orders for all the wise men of Babylon to come in before me so that they might make clear to me the sense of my dream.

  • Gen 37:36
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    36 And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

  • Gen 42:32
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    32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 40:22
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    22 But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.