Interesting Fact:

• Dreams run in the family line for Jacob and Joseph (father and son) and Laban (uncle to Jacob)
• The Lord speaks through dreams to both those who know Him and those who do not
• Prophetic dreams occur in both the Old Testament and New Testament

A list of the dreams in the Bible:

• The Lord prophesies to Abraham the coming exile of the Israelites to Egypt for 400 years Genesis 15:12
• The Lord speaks to Abimelech in a dream about Abraham and Sarah: Genesis 20:3
• Jacob dreams of a ladder to heaven: Genesis 28:12
• Jacob dreams of mottled sheep: Genesis 31:10
• Laban warned in a dream: Genesis 31:24
• Joseph (son of Jacob) dreams of wheat: Genesis 37:6
• Joseph (son of Jacob) dreams of moon and stars: Genesis 37:9
• Pharaoh’s chief cup bearer dreams of a vine: Genesis 40:9
• Pharaoh’s chief baker dreams of a cake: Genesis 40:16
• Pharaoh dreams of cows: Genesis 41:1
• Pharaoh dreams of grain: Genesis 41:5
• Midian man dreams of their defeat by Israel: Judges 7:13
• Solomon’s request for wisdom occurs in a dream: 1 Kings 3:5
• Eliphaz dreams of a spirit: Job 4:13
• The Lord prophesies to Jeremiah about the restoration of Israel and Judah: Jeremiah 31:26
• Nebuchadnezzar’s first dream of a statue or image of gold, silver, bronze iron and clay: Daniel 2:1
• Nebuchadnezzar’s second dream of a tree being chopped down: Daniel 4:4
• Daniel’s dream of four beasts: Daniel 7:1
• Zechariah dreams of a man on red horse: Zechariah 1:8
• Zechariah dreams of horns: Zechariah 1:18
• Zechariah dreams of craftsmen: Zechariah 1:20
• Zechariah dreams of a man with measuring line: Zechariah 2:1
• Zechariah dreams of Joshua the High Priest: Zechariah 3:1
• Zechariah dreams of a golden lamp stand: Zechariah 4:2
• Zechariah dreams of a flying scroll: Zechariah 5:2
• Zechariah dreams of a woman in a basket: Zechariah 5:6
• Zechariah dreams of four chariots: Zechariah 6:1
• Joseph (father of Jesus) dreams to take Mary as his wife: Matthew 1:20
• Warning dream for Mary and Joseph to not return to Herod: Matthew 2:12
• Joseph (father of Jesus) dreams to go to Egypt: Matthew 2:13
• Joseph (father of Jesus) dreams to return to Israel: Matthew 2:19
• Joseph (father of Jesus) dreams to go to Galilee instead of Judea: Matthew 2:22
• Pilate’s wife has a warning dream about Jesus: Matthew 27:19

Possible or probable dreams, sometimes described as visions in the night:

• Jacob dreams to travel to Egypt: Genesis 46:2
• Nathan the prophet receives that Solomon would build the temple: 1 Chronicles 17:3
• Daniel receives the interpretation to Nebuchadnezzar’s first dream: Daniel 2:19
• Daniel’s vision of the Son of Man: Daniel 7:13
• Paul’s vision to travel to Macedonia: Acts 16:9
• Paul’s vision to be bold in preaching in Corinth: Acts 18:9