The Dreams of Joseph & Pharaoh

Parshat Vayeishev (Gen. 37:5-9)

And Joseph dreamed a dream and told his brothers, and they continued to hate him.

And he said to them, "Listen now to this dream, which I have dreamed:

Behold, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright, and behold, your sheaves encircled [it] and prostrated themselves to my sheaf."

So his brothers said to him, "Will you reign over us, or will you govern us?" And they continued further to hate him on account of his dreams and on account of his words.

And he again dreamed another dream, and he related it to his brothers, and he said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream, and behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were prostrating themselves to me."

Parshat Mikeitz (Gen.41:1-7)

It came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh was dreaming, and behold, he was standing by the Nile.

And behold, from the Nile were coming up seven cows, of handsome appearance and robust flesh, and they pastured in the marshland.

And behold, seven other cows were coming up after them from the Nile, of ugly appearance and lean of flesh, and they stood beside the cows [which were] on the Nile bank.

And the cows of ugly appearance and lean of flesh devoured the seven cows that were of handsome appearance and healthy; then Pharaoh awoke.

And he fell asleep and dreamed again, and behold, seven ears of grain were growing on one stalk, healthy and good.

And behold, seven ears of grain, thin and beaten by the east wind, were growing up after them.

And the thin ears of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears of grain; then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, a dream.