Kejadian 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 

Kejadian 37:5

37:5 Joseph ⁴  had a dream, ⁵  and when he told his brothers about it, ⁶  they hated him even more. ⁷ 

Kejadian 28:12

28:12 and had a dream. ⁸  He saw ⁹  a stairway ¹⁰  erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it

Kejadian 41:1

Joseph’s Rise to Power

41:1 At the end of two full years ¹¹  Pharaoh had a dream. ¹²  As he was standing by the Nile,

Kejadian 41:5

41:5 Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing ¹³  on one stalk, healthy ¹⁴  and good.

Kejadian 37:9

37:9 Then he had another dream, ¹⁵  and told it to his brothers. “Look,” ¹⁶  he said. “I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Kejadian 41:11

41:11 We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning. ¹⁷ 

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 “and he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “dreamed a dream.”

⁶ sn Some interpreters see Joseph as gloating over his brothers, but the text simply says he told his brothers about it (i.e., the dream). The text gives no warrant for interpreting his manner as arrogant or condescending. It seems normal that he would share a dream with the family.

⁷ tn The construction uses a hendiadys, “they added to hate,” meaning they hated him even more.

⁸ tn Heb “and dreamed.”

⁹ tn Heb “and look.” The scene which Jacob witnessed is described in three clauses introduced with הִנֵּה (hinneh). In this way the narrator invites the reader to witness the scene through Jacob’s eyes. J. P. Fokkelman points out that the particle goes with a lifted arm and an open mouth: “There, a ladder! Oh, angels! and look, the Lord himself” (Narrative Art in Genesis [SSN], 51-52).

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew noun סֻלָּם (sullam, “ladder, stairway”) occurs only here in the OT, but there appears to be an Akkadian cognate simmiltu (with metathesis of the second and third consonants and a feminine ending) which has a specialized meaning of “stairway, ramp.” See H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 34. For further discussion see C. Houtman, “What Did Jacob See in His Dream at Bethel? Some Remarks on Genesis 28:10-22,” VT 27 (1977): 337-52; J. G. Griffiths, “The Celestial Ladder and the Gate of Heaven,” ExpTim 76 (1964/65): 229-30; and A. R. Millard, “The Celestial Ladder and the Gate of Heaven,” ExpTim 78 (1966/67): 86-87.

¹¹ tn Heb “two years, days.”

¹² tn Heb “was dreaming.”

¹³ tn Heb “coming up.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “fat.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “And he dreamed yet another dream.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and he said, ‘Look.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. Both clauses of the dream report begin with הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), which lends vividness to the report.

¹⁷ tn Heb “and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we dreamed.”