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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ils lui répondirent: Nous avons eu un songe, et il n'y a personne pour l'expliquer. Joseph leur dit: N'est-ce pas à Dieu qu'appartiennent les explications? Racontez-moi donc votre songe.
KJV
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.
Rufinus Aquileiensis
Provinciae Palestinae Liber De Fide [Incertus]
e mutare. Testis est Patriarcha Joseph de somnio ad Eunu- ehum dicens, Non per Deum explanatio ejus (Gen. 40. 8.). id est, non a Deo. Similiter autem etiam beatus Paulus cum ad Hebraeos scriberet, dicit, Per quem etiam fecit saecula (Hebr. 1. 2.), pro eo quod est, cum quo etiam f…
Philo Judaeus
De Cherubim
αἰτιάσαιτ’ ἂν ὁ ὀρθὸς λόγος καὶ Ἰωσὴφ εἰπόντα, διὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν σαφήνειαν εὑρεθήσεσθαι τῶν ἐνυπνίων (Gen. 40,8)· ἐχρῆν γὰρ εἰπεῖν, ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ὡς αἰτίου τὴν τῶν ἀφανῶν ἀνάπτυξίν τε καὶ ἀκρίβειαν δεόντως ἔσεσθαι· ὄργανα γὰρ ἡμεῖς, δι’ ὧν αἱ κατὰ μέρος ἐνέργειαι, ἐπιτεινόμενα καὶ ἀνι…
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
κρίνει καὶ διαστέλλει, ὁμολογῶν τὰς μὲν ἀληθεῖς καὶ σαφεῖς τῶν πραγμάτων συγκρίσεις εἶναι κατὰ θεόν (Gen. 40, 8), τὰς δὲ ἀδήλους καὶ ἀσαφεῖς φαντασίας κατὰ τὸν πλάνητα καὶ τύφου μεστὸν μήπω κεκαθαρμένων ἀνθρώπων βίον ταῖς διὰ σιτοπόνων καὶ μαγείρων καὶ οἰνοχόων τέρψεσι χαίροντα,…
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