Genesis 40:12
Joseph said to him, “This is what your dream means. The 3 branches are a picture for 3 days.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 40:18Joseph said to him, “The 3 baskets are a picture for 3 days,
Genesis 41:25Joseph said to Pharaoh, the king, “Both your dreams mean the same thing, and God is telling you what he is going to do.
Genesis 41:28God is telling you what he is going to do, and it will happen just like I said.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:6-20
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.… Read the whole commentary →