Dreams in the Bible, Are They a Source of Authority in the Ancient World?

In the ancient world, dreams were seen as a source of authority. Now we just see them as highly subject and just oe window into your own psyche. The birth stories of jesus are filled with dreams. Joseph has a dream. That's what he decides not to divorce mary because of a dream. They go down to egypt to flee herod because of a dreaming. Pilot's wife has a dream about jesus. She says, have nothing to do this jesus of nazareth. Ye, stay away from im. Yes, ye. And now i dreams in the by i'm connecting it to the fact that there are lots of dreams in the