Genesis 41:15
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
And Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, I haue dreamed a dreame, and there is none that can interpret it: and I haue heard say of thee, that ‖thou canst vnderstand a dreame, to interpret it.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, When thou hearest a dreame, thou canst interpret it.
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- Daniel 5:16Rank 1 from verse 15
16And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
16†And I haue heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolue doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make knowen to mee the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, & haue a chaine of gold about thy necke, and shalt bee the third ruler in the kingdome.
- Daniel 5:12Rank 2 from verse 15
12Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
12‖‖†Forasmuch as an excellent spirit and knowledge and vnderstanding, interpreting of dreames, and shewing of hard sentences, & dissoluing of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shewe the interpretation.
- Genesis 41:9–13Rank 3 from verse 15
9¶ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
9¶ Then spake the chiefe Butler vnto Pharaoh, saying, I doe remember my faults this day.
10Pharaoh was wroth with his seruants, and put mee in warde, in the captaine of the guards house, both mee, and the chiefe Baker.
11And we dreamed a dreame in one night, I and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dreame.
12And there was there with vs a yong man an Hebrew, seruant to the captaine of the guard: and wee told him, and he *interpreted to vs our dreames, to each man according to his dreame, he did interpret.
13And it came to passe, as he interpreted to vs, so it was; mee he restored vnto mine office, and him he hanged.
- Psalms 25:14Rank 4 from verse 15
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Genesis 41:15
The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dream, meaning to experience images or thoughts in sleep, especially a vision in a dream.
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Sense 1: Thoughts, images, or visions experienced in sleep. Sense 2: To experience images or thoughts in sleep, especially a vision in a dream.
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To explain or unfold meaning; to translate words from one language into another.
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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.
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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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understand
To comprehend, perceive, discern, or know the meaning or significance of something.
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41:14¶ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
41:14¶ *Then Pharaoh sent and called Ioseph, and they †brought him hastily out of the dungeon: And he shaued himselfe, and changed his raiment, and came in vnto Pharaoh.
41:15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
41:15And Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, I haue dreamed a dreame, and there is none that can interpret it: and I haue heard say of thee, that ‖thou canst vnderstand a dreame, to interpret it.
Selected passage41:16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
41:16And Ioseph answered Pharaoh, saying; It is not in me: God shall giue Pharaoh an answere of peace.
41:17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
41:17And Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph; In my dreame, behold, I stood vpon the banke of the riuer.
41:18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
41:18And behold, there came vp out of the riuer seuen kine, fat fleshed and well fauoured, and they fed in a medow.
41:19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
41:19And behold, seuen other kine came vp after them, poore and very ill fauoured, and leane fleshed, such as I neuer saw in all the land of Egypt for badnes.
41:20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
41:20And the leane, & the ill fauoured kine, did eate vp the first seuen fat kine.
41:21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
41:21And when they had †eaten them vp, it could not bee knowen that they had eaten them, but they were still ill fauoured, as at the beginning: So I awoke.
41:22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
41:22And I saw in my dreame, and behold, seuen eares came vp in one stalke, full and good.
41:23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
41:23And behold, seuen eares ‖withered, thin & blasted with the East wind, sprung vp after them.
41:24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
41:24And the thin eares deuoured the seuen good eares: and I told this vnto the magicians, but there was none that could declare it to me.