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The Cupbearer and the Baker

Genesis 40:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
KJV
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
WEB
Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
ASV
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
LSV
And Joseph says to him, “This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days;
YLT
And Joseph saith to him, 'This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days;
DBY
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.
DRC
Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet three days:
GNV
Then Ioseph sayde vnto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three braunches are three dayes.
JPS
And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
LXXE
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף זֶ֖ה פִּתְרֹנ֑וֹ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת֙ הַשָּׂ֣רִגִ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִ֖ים הֵֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰωσὴφ, τοῦτο ἡ σύγκρίσις αὐτοῦ· οἱ τρεῖς πυθμένες, τρεῖς ἡμέραι εἰσίν.

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👤 Joseph (son of Jacob)◆ Joseph imprisoned

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Judges 7:14His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
  • Genesis 41:12Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
  • Genesis 40:18Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
  • Genesis 41:25–26At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do. The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years.…
  • Daniel 2:36–45This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation. You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory. Wherever the sons of men or beasts of…
  • Daniel 4:19–33For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” “My lord,” replied…
  • Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
  • Galatians 4:25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

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