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Genesis 41:8-16
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Genesis 41:8-16
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8 When morning came, he was upset. He sent for all the magicians and sages of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but they couldn’t interpret them to him.
9-13 The head cupbearer then spoke up and said to Pharaoh, “I just now remembered something—I’m sorry, I should have told you this long ago. Once when Pharaoh got angry with his servants, he locked me and the head baker in the house of the captain of the guard. We both had dreams on the same night, each dream with its own meaning. It so happened that there was a young Hebrew slave there with us; he belonged to the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us, each dream separately. Things turned out just as he interpreted. I was returned to my position and the head baker was impaled.”
14 Pharaoh at once sent for Joseph. They brought him on the run from the jail cell. He cut his hair, put on clean clothes, and came to Pharaoh.
15 “I dreamed a dream,” Pharaoh told Joseph. “Nobody can interpret it. But I’ve heard that just by hearing a dream you can interpret it.”
16 Joseph answered, “Not I, but God. God will set Pharaoh’s mind at ease.”
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Genesis 41:8-16
New International Version
Genesis 41:8-16
New International Version
8 In the morning his mind was troubled,(A) so he sent for all the magicians(B) and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.(C)
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings.(D) 10 Pharaoh was once angry with his servants,(E) and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard.(F) 11 Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.(G) 12 Now a young Hebrew(H) was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard.(I) We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream.(J) 13 And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was impaled.(K)”
14 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon.(L) When he had shaved(M) and changed his clothes,(N) he came before Pharaoh.
15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it.(O) But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”(P)
16 “I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”(Q)
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