Then the angel speaking with me responded, “Do you really not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me. God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living man, but for the purpose of making known the interpretation to the king, and that you might understand the thoughts of your heart.
And I said, “What are these, my lord?” Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “I will show you what these are.”
And the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me up like a man who is roused from his sleep.
And he asked me, “Do you not know what these are?” I responded, “No, my lord.”
So I answered and I asked the angel speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?