Genesis 40:5

Genesis 40:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
• New International Version (NIV)each of the two men—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.

Context of Genesis 40:5

3and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guards in the prison where Joseph was confined. 4The captain of the guards assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant, and they were in custody for some time. The king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning. 6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked distraught. 7So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Genesis 40:5 word by word

וַיַּֽחַלְמוּ֩ חֲל֨וֹם שְׁנֵיהֶ֜ם אִ֤ישׁ חֲלֹמוֹ֙ בְּלַ֣יְלָה אֶחָ֔ד אִ֖ישׁ כְּפִתְר֣וֹן חֲלֹמ֑וֹ הַמַּשְׁקֶ֣ה וְהָאֹפֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲסוּרִ֖ים בְּבֵ֥ית הַסֹּֽהַר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they dreamedחָלַםchâlam · to dreamH2492
• a dreamחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
• both of themשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• each manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• in oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• according to the interpretationפִּתְרוֹןpithrôn pithrôn · interpretationH6623
• the butlerשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: wateringH8248
• and the bakerאָפָה'âphâh · to bakeH644
• of the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• boundאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• in the prisonסֹ֫הַרsôhar · prisonH5470
• in the prisonבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Genesis 40:5

• Genesis 40:8“We had dreams,” they said to him, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
• Genesis 12:1The Lord said to Abram: Go from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
• Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
• Genesis 37:5Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
• Genesis 41:1At the end of two years Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
• Numbers 12:6he said: “Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the Lord, I make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
• Judges 7:13When Gideon arrived, there was a man telling his friend about a dream. He said, “Listen, I had a dream: a loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp, struck a tent, and it fell. The loaf turned the tent upside down so that it collapsed.”
• Esther 6:1That night sleep escaped the king, so he ordered the book recording daily events to be brought and read to the king.
• Job 33:15In a dream, a vision in the night, when deep sleep comes over people as they slumber on their beds,
• Daniel 2:1In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.
• Daniel 4:5I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
• Daniel 7:1In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream with visions in his mind as he was lying in his bed. He wrote down the dream, and here is the summary of his account.

Commentaries on Genesis 40:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Each man according to the interpretation - Not like dreams in general, the disordered workings of the mind, the consequence of disease or repletion; these were dreams that had an interpretation, that is, that were prophetic.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-23Verses 1-23 - Joseph in Prison An uncomplaining patience and an unhesitating hopefulness keep the breast of Joseph in calm tranquillity. There is a God above, and that God is with him. His soul swerves not from this feeling. Meanwhile, new and distinguished prisoners are introduced into his place of confinement. Genesis 40:1-4 The chief butler and chief baker, high officials in Pharaoh‘s court, come under the displeasure of their sovereign. “In the house…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker appeared worried because they sensed their futures were connected to these threatening and troubling dreams they could not understand. Joseph still trusted that interpreting dreams was God's work. He knew he could understand them with God's help. He knew he had not misunderstood his own dreams.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. they dreamed a dream--Joseph, influenced by the spirit of true religion, could feel for others (Ec 4:1; Ro 12:15; Php 2:4). Observing them one day extremely depressed, he inquired the cause of their melancholy; and being informed it was owing to a dream they had respectively dreamed during the previous night, after piously directing them to God (Da 2:30; Is 26:10), he volunteered to aid them, through the divine help, in discovering the import of…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 40:5

• Joseph

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Pharaoh, king of Egypt
• Butler
• Cupbearer
• Feast
• Lift
• Lord
• Press
• Restore

Commentaries on Genesis 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings