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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 40:5/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ׳:ה׳

אויחלמו. כטעם איש כפתרון חלומו כי ראה כל אחד בחלומו מהו פתרון חלומו לעתיד, ומה שאירע לו:

1AND THEY DREAMED. The meaning⁹ rather than ke-ta’am (Filwarg, Krinsky). The aforementioned is borne out by Vat. Ebr. 38 which reads, ve-ta’am. of each man according to the interpretation of his dream is that each one of them saw in his dream details that could be interpreted to foretell what would happen in the future.¹⁰. 38). Our printed texts read, “Each one saw the interpretation of the dream and what happened to him” The problem with this reading is, if they saw the interpretation of their dream in their nocturnal vision why, then, did they turn to Joseph for its interpretation? Hence we have translated according to Vat. Ebr. 38.