Genesis 40:8

6 And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were¹ sad.

7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, ^a“Why do you look so sad today?”

8 And they said to him, ^a“We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.” So Joseph said to them, ^b“Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.”

9 Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a vine was before me,

10 and in the vine were three branches; it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.

11 Then Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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There is no interpreter - They either had access to none, or those to whom they applied could give them no consistent, satisfactory meaning.

Do not interpretations belong to God? - God alone, the Supreme Being, knows what is in futurity; and if he have sent a significant dream, he alone can give the solution.

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