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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Genesis 40:10

and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Dream;   Joseph;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dreams;   Egypt;   Vine, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dream;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Butler;   Cup-Bearer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cupbearer;   Vine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Butler;   Genesis;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Branch;   Cupbearer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dream (2);   Numbers (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baker;   Butler;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cup-bearer;   Vine;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Butler;   Vine,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Joseph;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Branch and Bough;   Cluster;   Flowers;   Vine;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Gamaliel Ii;   Grape;   Numbers and Numerals;   Wreath;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters of it brought forth ripe grapes.
King James Version
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
Lexham English Bible
and on the vine were three branches. And as it budded, its blossoms came up, and its clusters of grapes grew ripe.
New Century Version
on the vine were three branches. I watched the branches bud and blossom, and then the grapes ripened.
New English Translation
On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
Amplified Bible
and on the vine were three branches. Then as soon as it budded, its blossoms burst open, and its clusters produced ripe grapes [in rapid succession].
New American Standard Bible
and on the vine were three branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the vine were three branches, and as it budded, her flowre came foorth: and the clusters of grapes waxed ripe.
Legacy Standard Bible
and on the vine were three branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.
Contemporary English Version
with three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its grapes became ripe.
Complete Jewish Bible
and the vine had three branches. The branches budded, then it suddenly began to blossom, and finally clusters of ripe grapes appeared.
Darby Translation
and in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded: its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into grapes.
Easy-to-Read Version
On the vine there were three branches. I watched the branches grow flowers and then become grapes.
English Standard Version
and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes.
George Lamsa Translation
And in the vine were three branches; and when it budded, its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes;
Good News Translation
with three branches on it. As soon as the leaves came out, the blossoms appeared, and the grapes ripened.
Christian Standard Bible®
On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.
Literal Translation
And in the vine were three branches. And at its budding, it went up into blossom, its clusters ripened into grapes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which had thre braunches, and it budded, grewe and bare blossoms, and the grapes ther of were rype.
American Standard Version
and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
Bible in Basic English
And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the vine [were] three braunches, and it was as though it budded, & her blossomes shot foorth: and the clusters therof brought foorth rype grapes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and in the vine were three branches; and as it was budding, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes,
King James Version (1611)
And in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot foorth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And in the vine were three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.
English Revised Version
and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
in which weren thre siouns, wexide litil and litil in to buriounnyngis, and that aftir flouris grapys wexiden ripe,
Young's Literal Translation
and in the vine [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up hath its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes;
Update Bible Version
and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, [and] its blossoms shot forth; [and] the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
Webster's Bible Translation
And on the vine [were] three branches: and it [was] as though it budded, [and] its blossoms shot forth; and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes:
World English Bible
and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters of it brought forth ripe grapes.
New King James Version
and in the vine were three branches; it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.
New Living Translation
The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes.
New Life Bible
And there were three branches on the vine. Then its flowers grew out. From the many flowers came grapes ready to eat.
New Revised Standard
and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and the clusters ripened into grapes.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, in the vine, three shoots, - and the same at sprouting time, had shot up her blossom, and her clusters had brought to perfection ripe grapes.
Douay-Rheims Bible
On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:
Revised Standard Version
and on the vine there were three branches; as soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and on the vine were three branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.

Contextual Overview

5both of these men-the Egyptian king's cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison-had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning. 6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught. 7So he asked Pharaoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, "Why are your faces so downcast today?" 8"We both had dreams," they replied, "but there is no one to interpret them." Then Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams." 9So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: "In my dream there was a vine before me, 10and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.11Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup into his hand." 12Joseph replied, "This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days. 13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh's cup into his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer. 14But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 17:8 - budded Mark 6:16 - It is

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in the vine [were] three branches,.... Which shot out from the root or body of it:

and it [was as] though it budded; the branches seemed to sprout out:

[and] her blossoms shot forth; it knotted, and the flowers of the vine appeared, which blowing off, the tender grapes were seen:

and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes; all which is agreeably to the order nature observes, from the first putting forth of the vine, to its producing ripe fruit; and which in this dream immediately followed one another, as it seemed according to the representation of things to the, mind of the butler, and which he perfectly remembered, it having made a strong impression upon him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph in Prison

An uncomplaining patience and an unhesitating hopefulness keep the breast of Joseph in calm tranquillity. There is a God above, and that God is with him. His soul swerves not from this feeling. Meanwhile, new and distinguished prisoners are introduced into his place of confinement.

Genesis 40:1-4

The chief butler and chief baker, high officials in Pharaoh’s court, come under the displeasure of their sovereign. “In the house of the captain of the guards.” It appears that this officer’s establishment contained the keep in which Joseph and these criminals were confined. “Charged Joseph with them.” As Joseph was his slave, and these were state prisoners, he appointed him to wait upon them. It is probable that Joseph’s character had been somewhat re-established with him during his residence in the prison.

Genesis 40:5-8

These prisoners dream, “each according to the interpretation of his dream,” the imagery of which was suited to indicate his future state. They were sad - anxious to know the meaning of these impressive dreams. “Why are your forces bad today?” Joseph keeps up his character of frank composure. “Do not interpretations belong to God?” In his past history he had learned that dreams themselves come from God. And when he adds, “Tell them now to me,” he intimates that God would enable him to interpret their dreams. Here again he uses the general name of God, which was common to him with the pagan.

Genesis 40:9-15

The chief butler now recites his dream. “Pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup.” The imagery of the dream is not intended to intimate that Pharaoh drank only the fresh juice of the grape. It only expresses by a natural figure the source of wine, and possibly the duty of the chief butler to understand and superintend the whole process of its formation. Egypt was not only a corn, but a vine country. The interpretation of this dream was very obvious and natural; yet not without a divine intimation could it be known that the “three branches were three days.” Joseph, in the quiet confidence that his interpretation would prove correct, begs the chief butler to remember him and endeavor to procure his release. “Stolen, stolen was I.” He assures him that he was not a criminal, and that his enslavement was an act of wrongful violence - a robbery by the strong hand. “From the land of the Hebrews;” a very remarkable expression, as it strongly favors the presumption that the Hebrews inhabited the country before Kenaan took possession of it. “I have not done aught.” Joseph pleads innocence, and claims liberation, not as an unmerited favor, but as a right. “The pit.” The pit without water seems to have been the primitive place of confinement for culprits.

Genesis 40:16-19

The chief baker is encouraged by this interpretation to tell his dream. “I also.” He anticipates a favorable answer, from the remarkable likeness of the dreams. “On my head.” It appears from the monuments of Egypt that it was the custom for men to carry articles on their heads. “All manner of baked meats” were also characteristic of a corn country. “Lift up thy head from upon thee.” This part of the interpretation proves its divine origin. And hang thee - thy body, after being beheaded. This was a constant warning to all beholders.

Genesis 40:20-23

The interpretations prove correct. “The birthday of Pharaoh.” It is natural and proper for men to celebrate with thanksgiving the day of their birth, as life is a pure and positive blessing. The benign Creator gives only a happy and precious form of existence to those whom he endows with the capacity of estimating its value. A birthday feast cannot be without a chief butler and a chief baker, and hence, the fate of these criminals must be promptly decided. “Lifted up the head;” a phrase of double meaning. The chief butler remembers not Joseph. This is a case of frequent occurrence in this nether world. But there is One above who does not forget him. He will deliver him at the proper time.


 
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