This was the dream. Now we ¹  will set forth before the king its interpretation.

but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted. ¹ 

(Now ¹  they did not know that Joseph could understand them, ²  for he was speaking through an interpreter.) ³ 

But if you can disclose the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, a reward, and considerable honor. So disclose to me the dream and its interpretation!”

Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they? ¹ 

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, ¹  and there is no one who can interpret ²  it. But I have heard about you, that ³  you can interpret dreams.” ⁴ 

Now the wise men and ¹  astrologers were brought before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation. But they were unable to disclose the interpretation of the message.

They told him, “We both had dreams, ¹  but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them ²  to me.”

They again replied, “Let the king inform us ¹  of the dream; then we will disclose its ²  interpretation.”

So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

It happened just as he had said ¹  to us – Pharaoh ²  restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.” ³ 

this is the interpretation, O king! It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king.

You hypocrites! ¹  You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how ²  to interpret the present time?

Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant ¹  of the captain of the guards, ²  was with us there. We told him our dreams, ³  and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us. ⁴ 

However, I have heard ¹  that you are able to provide interpretations and to decipher knotty problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ²  ruler in the kingdom.”

to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent ¹  three days.

This is the interpretation of the words: ¹  As for mene ²  – God has numbered your kingdom’s days and brought it to an end.

Above all, you do well if you recognize ¹  this: ²  No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet’s own imagination, ³