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Genesis 40:5

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They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.

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Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.
The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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Egypt was the land where Joseph had been sold into slavery and later imprisoned under Pharaoh’s official. In this setting, the dreams of Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker become significant because God uses Joseph’s interpretation to begin bringing him from prison toward service in Pharaoh’s court.

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Genesis 40:5 mentions Egypt.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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