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.
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Interpretation
It was not so much the prison that made the butler and baker sad, as their dreams. God has more ways than one to sadden the spirits.
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This thought runs through Genesis 40:5-9.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.