Genesis 40:6

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When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were looking depressed.

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  • Gen 40:8 : 8 They told him,“We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded,“Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me.”
  • Gen 41:8 : 8 In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
  • Dan 2:1-3 : 1 Nebuchadnezzar Has a Disturbing Dream In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar had many dreams. His mind was disturbed and he suffered from insomnia. 2 The king issued an order to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men in order to explain his dreams to him. So they came and awaited the king’s instructions. 3 The king told them,“I have had a dream, and I am anxious to understand the dream.”
  • Dan 4:5 : 5 I saw a dream that frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed– these visions of my mind– were terrifying me.
  • Dan 5:6 : 6 Then all the color drained from the king’s face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together.
  • Dan 7:28 : 28 “This is the conclusion of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and the color drained from my face. But I kept the matter to myself.”
  • Dan 8:27 : 27 I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and again carried out the king’s business. But I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain it.

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  • Gen 40:7-9
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    7So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house,“Why do you look so sad today?”

    8They told him,“We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded,“Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me.”

    9So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph:“In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.

  • Gen 40:1-5
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    1The Cupbearer and the Baker After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

    2Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,

    3so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

    4The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

    5Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream the same night. Each man’s dream had its own meaning.

  • Gen 37:18-19
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    18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

    19They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams!

  • Gen 37:6
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    6He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:

  • Gen 41:8
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    8In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

  • Gen 42:6-10
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    6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

    8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

    9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them,“You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”

    10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

  • Gen 44:3-4
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    3When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off.

    4They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household,“Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them,‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

  • Gen 44:15
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    15Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”

  • Gen 40:16
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    16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, he said to Joseph,“I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head.

  • Gen 41:13-15
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    13It happened just as he had said to us– Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.”

    14Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

    15Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard about you, that you can interpret dreams.”

  • Gen 43:19
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    19So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

  • Gen 45:2-4
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    2He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

    3Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:23-24
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    23(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

    24He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, he had Simeon taken from them and tied up before their eyes.

  • Gen 41:10-11
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    10Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards– me and the chief baker.

    11We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.

  • Gen 40:22-23
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    22but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted.

    23But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph– he forgot him.

  • Gen 42:17
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    17He imprisoned them all for three days.

  • Gen 41:17
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    17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,“In my dream I was standing by the edge of the Nile.

  • Gen 43:16-17
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    16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household,“Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.”

    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

  • Gen 43:25
    68%

    25They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there.

  • Gen 42:1
    68%

    1Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,“Why are you looking at each other?”

  • Gen 50:17
    68%

    17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

  • Gen 42:14
    68%

    14But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

  • Gen 45:16
    68%

    16Now it was reported in the household of Pharaoh,“Joseph’s brothers have arrived.” It pleased Pharaoh and his servants.