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Genesis 40:12

What does Genesis 40:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 40:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Joseph saith to him, `This <FI>is<Fi> its interpretation: the three branches are three days;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches, are yet three days:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.11and Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

v.12This passage

v.13within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office: and thou shalt give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:4

    and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.

  • Genesis 40:18

    And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

  • Galatians 4:25

    Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.

  • Genesis 41:25

    And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.

  • Daniel 4:19

    Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken dumb for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine adversaries.

  • Genesis 41:12

    And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

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