Genesis 41:11
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
Genesis 41:11 in other translations
| BSB | One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning. |
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| WEB | We dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each man dreamed according to the interpretation of his dream. |
| ASV | and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. |
| YLT | and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed. |
| DARBY | And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each according to the interpretation of his dream. |
| BBE | And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense. |
| Webster | And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. |
What does Genesis 41:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:9-13
9-13. then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults--This public acknowledgment of the merits of the young Hebrew would, tardy though it was, have reflected credit on the butler had it not been obviously made to ingratiate himself with his royal master. It is right to confess our faults against God, and against our fellow men when that confession is made in the spirit of godly sorrow and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 41:9-32
God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had got Joseph to be released from prison, it is probable he would have gone back to the land of the Hebrews. Then he had neither been so blessed himself, nor such a blessing to his family, as afterwards he proved. Joseph, when introduced to Pharaoh, gives honour to God. Pharaoh had dreamed that he stood upon the bank of the river…
Genesis 41:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 41:11
- Genesis 40:5-8
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
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Context
- Genesis 41:10
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
- Genesis 41:11
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
- Genesis 41:12
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
Genesis 41:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y yo y él vimos un sueño una misma noche: cada uno soñó conforme á la declaración de su sueño. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et nous avons songé un songe dans une même nuit, moi et lui; nous avons songé chacun selon l’interprétation de son songe. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wir hatten einen Traum in einer Nacht, ich und er; wir träumten ein jeder nach der Deutung seines Traumes. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum. |