5252. 'I have dreamed a dream' means a foretelling. This is clear from the meaning of 'a dream' as foresight and consequently a foretelling, dealt with in 3698, 5091, 5092, 5104, 5233. The fact that at this point 'a dream' means a foretelling is also evident from what follows, for in the dream the seven years of abundance of corn and the seven years of famine were foretold.

5233. 'And we dreamed a dream in one night' means that which was foreseen in obscurity. This is clear from the meaning of 'a dream' as that which is foreseen, dealt with in 3698, 5091, and from the meaning of 'night' as a state of shade, dealt with in 1712, and so obscurity.