Joseph Dreams of Greatness

Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”

The Prisoners’ Dreams

It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

Pharaoh’s Dreams

Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river.

Now it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.

Now there was a young Hebrew man with us there, a servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his own dream.

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dreams are one.

Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!”