All Dreams Follow the Mouth of the Interpreter

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 147:2

Rabbi Yochanan said: from where do we know that all dreams follow the mouth [the interpretation given to them]? As it is said "And it came to pass, just as he interpreted to us, so it was." Rava said: and that is only when one interprets it in line with the substance of the dream, as it is said (Genesis 40:12) "each man according to his dream he interpreted." It is written, "And the chief baker saw that he had interpreted well." How did he know? Rabbi Elazar said: this teaches that each one of them saw in his own dream the interpretation of his companion's dream as well. "I too in my dream." (Written in remez 27.)

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