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The Cupbearer and the Baker

Genesis 40:18

In 11 translations

BSB
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
KJV
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
WEB
Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.
ASV
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
LSV
And Joseph answers and says, “This [is] its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
YLT
And Joseph answereth and saith, 'This [is] its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
DBY
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.
DRC
Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets are yet three days:
GNV
Then Ioseph answered, and saide, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three dayes:
JPS
And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
LXXE
And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of it; The three baskets 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
וַיַּ֤עַן יוֹסֵף֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר זֶ֖ה פִּתְרֹנ֑וֹ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת֙ הַסַּלִּ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִ֖ים הֵֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ἰωσὴφ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, αὕτη ἡ σύγκρισις αὐτοῦ· τὰ τρία κανᾶ, τρεῖς ἡμέραι εἰσίν·

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👤 Joseph (son of Jacob)◆ Joseph imprisoned

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 40:12Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
  • 1 Corinthians 11:24and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
  • 1 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
  • Genesis 41:26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.

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