Genesis 40:12

Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three days.

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In The King James Version

And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

In Context

11Pharaoh's cup was in my hand. I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I placed the cup into Pharaoh's hand.”

13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh's cup into his hand, just as when you were his cupbearer.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:18Joseph answered and said, “This is the interpretation. The three baskets are three days.

Genesis 41:25Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are the same. What God is about to do, he has declared to Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:28That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has revealed to Pharaoh.

Daniel 2:36This was your dream. Now we will tell the king the meaning.

Matthew 26:26As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it, and broke it. He gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat. This is my body.”

Galatians 4:25Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia; and she represents the present Jerusalem, for 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 →

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