Genesis 40:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ 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 meaning.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And they both dreamed a dream in the same night, each man according to [the personal significance of] the interpretation of his dream–the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ 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, who were bound in the prison.

Common English Bible

⁵ both of them—the wine steward and the baker for Egypt’s king who were imprisoned in the jail—had dreams one night, and each man’s dream had its own meaning.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And they both saw a similar dream on one night, whose interpretations should be related to one another.

Genesis 40:5 Cross References

Genesis 41:11

We dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own meaning.

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was severely distressed for a while. His thoughts terrified him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or the interpretation terrify you.” Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies!

Daniel 4:9

“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that you are endowed with a spirit of the holy gods and that no mystery is too difficult for you. Hear the dream that I saw, and tell me its interpretation.

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream that frightened me; my fantasies in bed and the visions of my head terrified me.

Esther 6:1

On that night the king could not sleep, and he gave orders to bring the book of records, the annals, and they were read to the king.

Numbers 12:6

And he said, “Hear my words: When there are prophets among you, I the Lord make myself known to them in visions; I speak to them in dreams.

Genesis 40:8

They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.”

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Genesis 40:1

Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

Genesis 40:4

The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he waited on them, and they continued for some time in custody.

Genesis 40:6

When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled.