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Ramban on Genesis 41:12/רמב"ן על בראשית מ״א:י״ב
אאִישׁ כַּחֲלוֹמוֹ לְפִי הַחֲלוֹם וְקָרוֹב לְעִנְיָנוֹ, לְשׁוֹן רַשִׁ"י (רש"י על בראשית מ"א:י"ב). וְיוֹתֵר נָכוֹן שֶׁיֹּאמַר כִּי לְכָל אֶחָד מִמֶּנּוּ פָּתַר כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה אֲמִתַּת חֲלוֹמוֹ הֶעָתִיד לָבֹא לוֹ, כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר פָּתַר כֵּן הָיָה לָנוּ, וְכֵן (בראשית מ"ט:כ"ח) "אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר כְּבִרְכָתוֹ בֵּרַךְ אֹתָם", כַּבְּרָכָה הַבָּאָה אֵלָיו. וְעַל דַּעְתִּי אֵין צֹרֶךְ, אֲבָל אָמַר אִישׁ אֶת חֲלוֹמוֹ פָּתַר לָנוּ וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר פָּתַר לְכָל אֶחָד כֵּן בָּא וְהִגִּיעַ אֵלֵינוּ, הִגִּיד כִּי הָיוּ חֲלוֹמוֹת שׁוֹנִים וְלָהֶם פִּתְרוֹנִים שׁוֹנִים כַּאֲשֶׁר יְפָרֵשׁ, שֶׁלֹּא יַחְשֹׁב שֶׁחֲלוֹם אֶחָד חָלְמוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם וּפִתְרוֹן אֶחָד לָהֶם. וְכֵן לְדַעְתִּי אִישׁ כְּבִרְכָתוֹ בֵּרַךְ, שֶׁלֹּא בֵּרַךְ אוֹתָם בְּרָכָה שָׁוֶה לְכֻלָּם אֶלָּא בְּרָכָה מְיֻחֶדֶת לְכָל אֶחָד כַּאֲשֶׁר פֵּרֵשׁ וְאָמַר לוֹ:
1TO EACH MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DREAM. He interpreted it in accordance with the dream and consistent with its contents. Thus the words of Rashi. A more correct interpretation would be for Rashi to say that “he interpreted it in accordance with the truth of the dream as it was destined to befall him, for as he interpreted it, so it befell us.” Similar in thought is the verse, Every man according to his blessing he blessed them,42 i.e., according to the blessing which was destined to come upon him.But in my opinion there is no need for this. Instead, the verse is stating that “he interpreted his dream for each man, and as he interpreted it to each one, so it came upon us.” The chief of the butlers is thus saying that these were different dreams with different interpretations, as he would explain, so that Pharaoh should not think that the two [the butler and the baker] dreamed one dream having one interpretation. In my opinion, a similar thought is conveyed in the verse, Every man according to his blessing he blessed them,42 meaning that he did not bless them with one blessing common to all, but with a unique blessing for each one, as he explained to each son and spoke to him.