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Genesis 40:5

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.

KJV

Videruntque ambo somnium nocte una, juxta interpretationem congruam sibi :

Vulgate

καὶ ἴδον ἀμφότεροι ἐνύπνιον, ἑκάτερος ἐνύπνιον ἐν μιᾷ νυκτί, ὅρασις τοῦ ἐνυπνίου αὐτοῦ, ὁ ἀρχιοινοχόος καὶ ὁ ἀρχισιτοποιὸς οἳ ἦσαν τῷ βασιλεῖ Αἰγύπτου, οἱ ὄντες ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ.

LXX

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, who were bound in the prison.

ASV

וַ/יַּֽחַלְמוּ֩ חֲל֨וֹם שְׁנֵי/הֶ֜ם אִ֤ישׁ חֲלֹמ/וֹ֙ בְּ/לַ֣יְלָה אֶחָ֔ד אִ֖ישׁ כְּ/פִתְר֣וֹן חֲלֹמ֑/וֹ הַ/מַּשְׁקֶ֣ה וְ/הָ/אֹפֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לְ/מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲסוּרִ֖ים בְּ/בֵ֥ית הַ/סֹּֽהַר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אָסְרָ֥ה
'srh
verb · 73×
אֹפֶ֑ה
'ph
verb · 25×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 5×
חֲל֣וֹם
chlvm
noun · 64×
חָלָֽמְתִּי
chlmty
verb · 30×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מַשְׁקֵ֨ה
mshqh
noun · 19×
סֹּֽהַר
shr
noun · 8×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 41:1 — And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
  • Gen 41:11 — And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
  • Job 7:14 — Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: