Genesis 41:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 41:11

9 Then the ^achief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: “I remember my faults this day.

10 When Pharaoh was ^aangry with his servants, ^band put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker,

11 ^awe each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.

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

13 And it came to pass, just ^aas he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”

14 ^aThen Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they ^bbrought him quickly ^cout of the dungeon; and he shaved, ^dchanged his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. ^aBut I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”

16 So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, ^a“It is not in me; ^bGod will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, ^ain my dream I stood on the bank of the river.

18 Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow.

19 Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.

20 And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows.

21 When they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were just as ugly as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22 Also I saw in my dream, and suddenly seven¹ heads came up on one stalk, full and good.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 41:11

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American Standard Version
and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

Amplified® Bible
We dreamed a dream in the same night, he and I; we dreamed each of us according to [the significance of] the interpretation of his dream.

Contemporary English Version
One night we both had dreams, and each dream had a different meaning.

Darby English Version
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each according to the interpretation of his dream.

Good News Bible
One night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.

King James Version
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

New American Standard Bible
"We had a dream on the same night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his {own} dream.

New International Version
Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

New King James Version
we each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"We had a dream on the same night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.

Revised Standard Version
we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own meaning.

Young's Literal Translation
and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.

New English Translation
We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.¹

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