Quotes About Revelation

Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Donít interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,

Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.

Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.

And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”

In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.

And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”

At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.

When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ëIs your father still alive? Do you have another brother?í And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ëBring your brother hereí?”

But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.

When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.

So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.