Midrasz do Rodzaju 41:13

A certain woman came to Rabbi Elazar. She said to him: ‘I saw that the rafter in the house snapped.’ He said to her: ‘This woman will bear a male child.’ She went, and so it was for her. She came to ask him on another occasion and said to him: ‘The rafter in the house snapped.’ He said to her: ‘You will bear a male child.’ She went, and so it was for her. She came on another occasion for a third time. She found his students sitting in the school but their teacher was not there. She said to them: ‘Where is your teacher?’ They said to her: ‘What do you want from him?’ She said to them: ‘Perhaps you are wise enough to interpret a dream like your teacher?’ They said to her: ‘Tell it to us, what you want, and we will interpret it for you.’ She said to them: ‘I saw in my dream that the rafter of this woman’s⁴⁷Referring to herself. house snapped.’ They said to her: ‘That woman will bury her husband.’ When she went out from before them, she began wailing. Rabbi Elazar heard and said to them: ‘Why is that woman wailing?’ They said to him: ‘That woman came to ask you but she did not find you.’ He said to his students: ‘What did that woman come to ask?’ They said to him: ‘The interpretation of a dream.’ He said to them: ‘What did you say to her?’ They said to him: ‘Such and such.’ He said to them: ‘You eliminated a man. Is it not written: “It was as he interpreted to us, so it was” (Genesis 41:13)? Did Rabbi Yoḥanan not say as follows: The dream follows its interpretation, except for wine, some drink it and it is good for him and some drink it and it is bad for him?’⁴⁸If a Torah scholar dreams that he is drinking wine it is a good sign; if an ignoramus dreams that he is drinking wine it is a bad sign (Matnot Kehuna; see Berakhot 57a). Rabbi Abahu said: The content of dreams makes no difference.

R. Berachia said: "There may be a dream which thought in part fulfilled, yet is impossible of being entirely fulfilled. We can derive it from Joseph, for it is written (Gen. 37, 9.) The sun and the moon and the eleven start. — Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother, and thy brothers (Ib. b). And at that time his mother was dead." R. Levi said: "A man should look forward to the realization of a good dream even for as long as twenty-two years; as it is written (Gen. 37, 2.) These are the generations of Jacob, Joseph was seventeen years old [when he had the dreams], and it is written also (Ib. 41, 46.) And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh. From seventeen to thirty are thirteen years, to which add the seven years of plenty and the two years of famine, will make the total of twenty-two years." R. Huna said: "To a good man bad dreams are shown, and to a bad man good dreams." We have also a Baraitha to the same effect: "During all the years of David he never dreamed a good dream, and during all the years of Achitophel he never dreamed a bad dream." R. Bizna b. Zabda, in the name of R. Akiba, who spoke in the name of R. Panda, who, in turn, spoke in the name of R. Nachum, who quoted R. Birim, said: "A venerable man by the name of R. Bana'ah had told him there were twenty-four places in Jerusalem for the interpretation of dreams; that once he had a dream and went to each one of these places; each one gave a different interpretation and each was fulfilled." This establishes what is written: "Every dream is in accord with its interpretation." Is this a passage? Yes, as R. Elazar said, for R. Elazar said: "Whence do we learn that every dream is realized according to its interpretation? It is written (Gen. 41, 13.) And just as he interpreted it, so it was."

Three people conquered their passion before their Creator, and they were Joseph, Boaz, and Paltê, son of Laish. It was fit that twelve tribes should have arisen from Joseph, as it is said, "And the seed of his hands was active" (Gen. 49:24), but there remained two (tribes), Manasseh and Ephraim. The woman brought grave charges against him to vex him, and he was confined in prison for ten years. There he interpreted the dreams of the servants of Pharaoh, (he interpreted for) each one according to his dream just as though the events were taking place before him, as it is said, "And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was" (Gen. 41:13).