“He placed them in custody in the household of the chief executioner, in the prison, the place where Joseph was incarcerated” (Genesis 40:3). “The chief executioner assigned Joseph to them, and he served them, and they were in custody one year” (Genesis 40:4). “They dreamed a dream, both of them, each man his dream during one night, each man in accordance with the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were incarcerated in the prison” (Genesis 40:5).
“He placed them in custody…the chief executioner assigned…they dreamed a dream, both of them…” – Rabbi Ḥama bar Abba said: The dream, and the interpretation of his counterpart’s dream. “Joseph came to them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were distressed” (Genesis 40:6). “They said to him: We dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter for it. Joseph said to them: Are interpretations not for God?
Please, relate it to me” (Genesis 40:8). “Joseph came to them…they said…we dreamed a dream…are interpretations not for God?” He attributed the greatness to its Owner.