Genesis 40:5-8

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  40:6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were looking depressed. ⁴  40:7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?” ⁵  40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams, ⁶  but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them ⁷  to me.”

[40:5]  ¹ tn Heb “dreamed a dream.”

[40:5]  ² tn Heb “a man his dream in one night.”

[40:5]  ³ tn Heb “a man according to the interpretation of his dream.”

[40:6]  ⁴ tn The verb זָעַף (za’af) only occurs here and Dan 1:10. It means “to be sick, to be emaciated,” probably in this case because of depression.

[40:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “why are your faces sad today?”

[40:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “a dream we dreamed.”

[40:8]  ⁷ tn The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.