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Or HaChaim on Genesis 40:6/אור החיים על בראשית מ׳:ו׳

אוְהִנָּם זוֹעֲפִים. טַעַם זְעִיפַת פְּנֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם, עַל פִּי דִּבְרֵיהֶם זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (ברכות נה:), שֶׁכָּל אֶחָד חָלַם גַּם פִּתְרוֹן חֲלוֹם חֲבֵרוֹ. לָזֶה שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים הָיָה זוֹעֵף בְּמַה שֶׁרָאָה בְּפִתְרוֹן חֲבֵרוֹ כִּי רַע הוּא, יָרֵא גַּם לְנַפְשׁוֹ וְנִבְהַל, וְשַׂר הָאוֹפִים הֲגַם שֶׁחָלַם פִּתְרוֹן חֲבֵרוֹ לְטוֹבָה, עִם כָּל זֶה לֶהֱיוֹתוֹ מוּכָן לַפֻּרְעָנוּת מַזָּלוֹ מַגִּידוֹ וְלִבּוֹ לֹא נָכוֹן עִמּוֹ.
1 והנם זועפים, and they were distressed. According to our sages in Berachot 55 the reason that both of them were distressed was that they both dreamt the meaning of the other's dream. The chief butler was distressed having seen in his dream what was going to happen to his companion the chief baker. Whereas the chief baker had seen in his dream that the chief butler would be reinstated he had nonetheless prepared himself for adversity and could not bring himself to have peace of mind.