Apart from Joseph’s dreams in our parsha, the Tanakh teaches that dreams are the medium through which G-d communicates with humans (with the exception, of course, of Moses).

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Joseph’s dream prompts Jacob to remember the troubled encounter with Esau. As the text says, Jacob “kept it in mind.” So Joseph and Jacob are both entangled with Esau.