Bible Verses About Dreams

And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just?

Did not he say to me: She is my sister: and she say, He is my brother? in the simplicity of my heart, and cleanness of my hands have I done this.

And God said to him: And I know that thou didst it with a sincere heart: and therefore I withheld thee from sinning against me, and I suffered thee not to touch her.

Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet: and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: but if thou wilt not restore her, know that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.

Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.

And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed.

I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, and stood, and your sheaves standing about bowed down before my sheaf.

His brethren answered: Shalt thou be our king? or shall we be subject to thy dominion? Therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred.

He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me.

And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

And when Joseph was come into them in the morning, and saw them sad,

He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?

They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed:

The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,

On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:

And the cup of Pharao was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao.

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches, are yet three days:

After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou was wont to do.

Only remember me when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison:

For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head:

And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets, are yet three days:

After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.