Genesis 40:12
“This is the meaning,” Joseph told him. “The three branches represent three days.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
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Cross References
Genesis 40:18“This is the meaning,” Joseph told him. “The three baskets represent three days.
Genesis 41:25“Pharaoh's dreams mean the same thing,” Joseph responded. “God is telling Pharaoh what he is going to do.
Genesis 41:28It's just as I told Your Majesty—God has shown Pharaoh what he is going to do.
Daniel 2:36This was the dream, and now we will explain what it means to the king.
Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave pieces to the disciples. “Take and eat this for it is my body,” said Jesus.
Galatians 4:25Hagar symbolizes Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to the current Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
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 →