Genesis 40:8
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And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
In other translations
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אֵלָיו'elavto himH413חֲלוֹםchaloma dreamH2472חָלַמְנוּchalamnuwe dreamedH2492וּפֹתֵרufoterand [is one who] interpretsH6622אֵין'einthere notH369אֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> itH853וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֲלֵהֶם'alehemto themH413יוֹסֵףyosefJosephH3130הֲלוֹאhalo'¿ notH3808לֵאלֹהִיםlelohim[belong] to GodH430פִּתְרֹנִיםpitronim[do] interpretationsH6623סַפְּרוּ־saperu-recount [it]H5608נָאna'pleaseH4994לִי׃lito <the> me
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