Quotes about Interpretation
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
— Genesis 40:19
But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
— Genesis 40:22
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
— Genesis 41:1
And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,
— Genesis 41:4
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
— Genesis 41:7
In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
— Genesis 41:8
One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
— Genesis 41:11
And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
— Genesis 41:13
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
— Genesis 41:15
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
— Genesis 41:17
Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
— Genesis 41:20
When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
— Genesis 41:21