Genesis 40:5

40:5 Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream ¹  the same night. ²  Each man’s dream had its own meaning. ³ 

Genesis 42:16

42:16 One of you must go and get ⁴  your brother, while ⁵  the rest of you remain in prison. ⁶  In this way your words may be tested to see if ⁷  you are telling the truth. ⁸  If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

¹ tn Heb “dreamed a dream.”

² tn Heb “a man his dream in one night.”

³ tn Heb “a man according to the interpretation of his dream.”

⁴ tn Heb “send from you one and let him take.” After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose.

⁵ tn The disjunctive clause is here circumstantial-temporal.

⁶ tn Heb “bound.”

⁷ tn The words “to see” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Heb “the truth [is] with you.”