Verse 8
Genesis 40:8
Young's Literal Translation
8
And they say unto him, 'A dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it;' and Joseph saith unto them, 'Are not interpretations with God (Elohim)? recount, I pray you, to me.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔י/ו חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֔מְנוּ וּ/פֹתֵ֖ר אֵ֣ין אֹת֑/וֹ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֜ם יוֹסֵ֗ף הֲ/ל֤וֹא לֵֽ/אלֹהִים֙ פִּתְרֹנִ֔ים סַפְּרוּ נָ֖א לִֽ/י
English Translation
And they said to me, "We dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter for it." And Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please."
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Chapter 40 Context
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And it cometh to pass, after these things -- the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinn...
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and Pharaoh is wroth against his two eunuchs, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chie...
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and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the p...
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and the chief of the executioners chargeth Joseph with them, and he serveth them; and they are days...
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And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretati...
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And Joseph cometh in unto them in the morning, and seeth them, and lo, they [are] morose;
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and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who [are] with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, 'Wher...
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And they say unto him, 'A dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it;' and Joseph sait...
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And the chief of the butlers recounteth his dream to Joseph, and saith to him, 'In my dream, then lo...
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and in the vine [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up hath its blossom,...
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and Pharaoh's cup [is] in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and...
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And Joseph saith to him, 'This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days;
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yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head, and hath put thee back on thy station, and tho...
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'Surely if thou hast remembered me with thee, when it is well with thee, and hast done (I pray thee)...
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for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they ha...
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And the chief of the bakers seeth that he hath interpreted good, and he saith unto Joseph, 'I also [...
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and in the uppermost basket [are] of all [kinds] of Pharaoh's food, work of a baker; and the birds a...
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And Joseph answereth and saith, 'This [is] its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
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yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree,...
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And it cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he maketh a banquet to all his ser...
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and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand...
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and the chief of the bakers he hath hanged, as Joseph hath interpreted to them;
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and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.
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