Genesis 37:10

37:10 When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying, “What is this dream that you had? ¹  Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?” ² 

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 ³  the same night. ⁴  Each man’s dream had its own meaning. ⁵ 

[37:10]  ¹ sn The question What is this dream that you had? expresses Jacob’s dismay at what he perceives to be Joseph’s audacity.

[37:10]  ² tn Heb “Coming, will we come, I and your mother and your brothers, to bow down to you to the ground?” The verb “come” is preceded by the infinitive absolute, which lends emphasis. It is as if Jacob said, “You don’t really think we will come…to bow down…do you?”

[40:5]  ³ tn Heb “dreamed a dream.”

[40:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “a man his dream in one night.”

[40:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man according to the interpretation of his dream.”