Then the angel who spoke with me answered me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not I; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.
But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me because of any wisdom that I have more than any other living being, but in order that the interpretation may be known to the king and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
Then I said, “What are these, my lord?” The angel who spoke with me said to me, “I will show you what they are.”
The angel who spoke with me came again and wakened me, as one is wakened from sleep.
He said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
I said to the angel who spoke with me, “What are these, my lord?”
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?