Bible Strands
Genesis 41:12
Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chief cupbearer speaks directly to Pharaoh, recounting a past imprisonment event to explain why he now remembers Joseph.
The words — The text highlights נַעַר עִבְרִי (na‘ar ʿivrî), literally “a young Hebrew,” to identify the captive who accurately decoded their dreams.
The thread — This reference traces back to Genesis 37:36 and Genesis 39:1, which record Joseph’s sale to Potiphar, the captain of the guard who held him, and Genesis 40:12, where Joseph first interpreted the cupbearer’s dream.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to note that accurate interpretation depends on the speaker’s presence and divine insight, not human wisdom, before the events of Genesis 41:13 unfold.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
Cross-references
- Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
- Genesis 40:12 Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
- Genesis 39:1 Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
- Genesis 39:20 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,