Genesis 41:8

God's Word

In the morning he was so upset that he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could tell him what they meant.

Cross References

Genesis 40:6

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

Genesis 40:8

“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.”

Genesis 41:15

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can tell me what it means. I heard that when you are told a dream, you can say what it means.”

Genesis 41:24

The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but no one could tell me what it meant.”

Genesis 41:7

The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven full, healthy heads. Then Pharaoh woke up. It was only a dream.

Psalm 25:14

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

Exodus 7:11

Then Pharaoh sent for his wise men and sorcerers. These Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic spells.

Exodus 7:22

But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic spells. So Pharaoh continued to be stubborn and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, as the Lord had predicted.

Exodus 8:7

But the magicians did the same thing using their magic spells and brought frogs onto the land.

Exodus 9:11

The magicians couldn’t compete with Moses because they had boils like all the other Egyptians.

Isaiah 19:3

The Egyptians will lose courage. I will unravel their plans. They will turn to idols, ghosts, mediums, and fortunetellers.

Isaiah 29:14

That is why I am going to do something completely amazing for these people once again. The wisdom of their wise people will disappear. The intelligence of their intelligent people will be hidden.”

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 1:20

Whenever the king asked them about things that required wisdom and insight, he found that they knew ten times more than all the magicians and psychics in his whole kingdom.

Daniel 4:18

⌞I said,⌟ “This is the dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its meaning because the wise advisers in my kingdom can’t tell it to me. However, you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel (who had been renamed Belteshazzar) was momentarily stunned. What he was thinking frightened him. I told him, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its meaning frighten you.” Belteshazzar answered, “Sir, I wish that the dream were about those who hate you and its meaning were about your enemies.

Daniel 4:5

I had a dream that terrified me. The visions I had while I was asleep frightened me.

Daniel 4:6

So I ordered all the wise advisers in Babylon to be brought to me to tell me the dream’s meaning.

Daniel 4:7

The magicians, psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers came to me. I told them the dream, but they couldn’t tell me its meaning.

Daniel 5:11

There’s a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your grandfather, he was found to have insight, good judgment, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your grandfather, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him head of the magicians, psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers.

Daniel 7:28

Here is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was terrified by my thoughts, and I turned pale. I kept this to myself.

Daniel 8:27

I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and worked for the king. The vision horrified me because I couldn’t understand it.

Leviticus 19:31

“Don’t turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:6

“I will condemn people who turn to mediums and psychics and chase after them as though they were prostitutes. I will exclude them from the people.

Habakkuk 3:16

I have heard, so there’s trembling within me. At the report my lips quivered. A rotten feeling has entered me. I tremble where I stand. I wait for the day of trouble to come to the people who will attack us.

Matthew 2:1

Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea when Herod was king. After Jesus’ birth wise men  from the east arrived in Jerusalem.

Acts 17:18

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers had discussions with him. Some asked, “What is this babbling fool trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be speaking about foreign gods.” The philosophers said these things because Paul was telling the Good News about Jesus and saying that people would come back to life.

Acts 7:22

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and became a great man in what he said and did.

1 Corinthians 1:19

Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will reject the intelligence of intelligent people.”

1 Samuel 6:2

when the Philistines called for priests and people skilled in explaining omens. The Philistines asked, “What should we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how to return it to its ⌞proper⌟ place.”