One Dream, Two Dreams

And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof, and Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.      Genesis 41:8

          Kli Yakar notes that the verse begins with the singular “his dream” yet concludes with the plural “but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.”

          We can understand the change based upon Naḥmanides’ comment that Pharaoh understood that his two dreams were actually one (as Joseph would tell him [verse25]), thus Pharaoh related his dream to the magicians and wise men. However, the magicians and wise men thought the two dreams to be separate, hence they could not interpret them unto Pharaoh.