And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
What does Genesis 40:8 mean?
It was not so much the prison that made the butler and baker sad, as their dreams. God has more ways than one to sadden the spirits.
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Keep this verse inside Genesis 40:5-9 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Genesis 40:8
And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them , I pray you.
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now. (z) "nunc", Drusius. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God?
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now. (z) "nunc", Drusius.
Context in Genesis 40
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Genesis 40 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as the Joseph narrative and Israel’s descent into Egypt. Genesis opens the whole Bible with creation, fall, flood, Babel, and the long patriarchal story that carries the reader from Eden to Egypt. Read this chapter with the wider themes of creation, fall, and covenant in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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