Genesis - 41:11



11 We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 41:11.

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Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come.
and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.
And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.
There, in one night, both of us saw a dream presaging the future.
Et somniavimus somnium nocte eadem, ego et ipse: uterque secundum interpretationem somnii sui somniavimus.

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And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he,.... In one and the same night:
we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream; they both dreamed exactly what should befall them, as it was interpreted to them; the dreams, the interpretation of them, and the events, answered to each other.

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