Genesis 40:8

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“We both had dreams,” they answered him, “but there’s no one to tell us what they mean.” “Isn’t God the only one who can tell what they mean?” Joseph asked them. “Why don’t you tell me all about them.”

Cross References

Genesis 40:9

So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said “In my dream a grapevine with three branches appeared in front of me.

Genesis 41:25

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh had the same dream twice. God has told Pharaoh what he’s going to do.

Job 33:23

“If they have a messenger for them, a spokesman, one in a thousand, to tell people what is right for them,

Psalm 25:14

The Lord advises those who fear him. He reveals to them the intent of his promise.

Isaiah 8:19

People will say to you, “Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter.” Shouldn’t people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living?

Daniel 2:11

What you ask is difficult, Your Majesty. No one can tell what you dreamed except the gods, and they don’t live with humans.”

Daniel 2:27

Daniel answered the king, “No wise adviser, psychic, magician, or fortuneteller can tell the king this secret.

Daniel 2:28

But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. He will tell King Nebuchadnezzar what is going to happen in the days to come. This is your dream, the vision you had while you were asleep:

Daniel 2:3

The king said to them, “I had a dream, and I’m troubled by it. I want to know what the dream was.”

Daniel 2:47

The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings. He can reveal secrets because you were able to reveal this secret.”

Daniel 4:8

Finally, Daniel came to me. (He had been renamed Belteshazzar after my god ⌞Bel⌟.) The spirit of the holy gods is in him. I told him the dream:

Daniel 5:16

I have heard that you can interpret such things and untangle problems. If you can read the writing and tell ⌞me⌟ its meaning, you will be dressed in purple, wear a gold chain on your neck, and become the third-highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Amos 3:7

Certainly, the Almighty Lord doesn’t do anything unless he ⌞first⌟ reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.