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Good News Translation
Genesis 40:12
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Yosef said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: The three branches, they are three days.
Then Joseph said, "I will explain the dream to you. The three branches stand for three days.
"This is its meaning," Joseph said to him. "The three branches represent three days.
Then Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: the three branches represent three days;
Then Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
Then Ioseph sayde vnto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three braunches are three dayes.
Then Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
Joseph said: This is the meaning of your dream. The three branches stand for three days,
Yosef said to him, "Here is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.
Then Joseph said, "I will explain the dream to you. The three branches mean three days.
Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of your dream: The three branches are three days;
“This is its interpretation,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation: the three branches, they are three days.
Ioseph sayde: This is the interpretacio:
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;
And Ioseph sayde vnto hym, this is the interpretatio of it. The three braunches are three dayes.
And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
And Ioseph said vnto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three dayes,
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
Joseph replied, "This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
Joseph answerde, This is the expownyng of the dreem; thre siouns ben yit thre daies,
And Joseph saith to him, `This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days;
And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
And Joseph said to him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days;
Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.
And Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.
"This is what the dream means," Joseph said. "The three branches represent three days.
Then Joseph said to him, "This is the meaning of it: The three branches are three days.
Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days;
And Joseph said to him, This, is the interpretation thereof, - The three shoots are three days:
Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches, are yet three days:
Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days;
Joseph said, "Here's the meaning. The three branches are three days. Within three days, Pharaoh will get you out of here and put you back to your old work—you'll be giving Pharaoh his cup just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer. Only remember me when things are going well with you again—tell Pharaoh about me and get me out of this place. I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. And since I've been here, I've done nothing to deserve being put in this hole."
Then Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
This: Genesis 40:18, Genesis 41:12, Genesis 41:25, Genesis 41:26, Judges 7:14, Daniel 2:36-45, Daniel 4:19-33
The three: Genesis 41:26, Judges 7:14, Matthew 26:26, 1 Corinthians 10:4, Galatians 4:25
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:13 - me he restored
Cross-References
Joseph answered, "This is what it means: the three baskets are three days.
In three days the king will release you—and have your head cut off! Then he will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh."
A young Hebrew was there with us, a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us.
His friend replied, "It's the sword of the Israelite, Gideon son of Joash! It can't mean anything else! God has given him victory over Midian and our whole army!"
While they were eating, Jesus took a piece of bread, gave a prayer of thanks, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. "Take and eat it," he said; "this is my body."
and drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them; and that rock was Christ himself.
Hagar, who stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia, is a figure of the present city of Jerusalem, in slavery with all its people.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Joseph said unto him, this [is] the interpretation of it,.... Of the dream:
the three branches [are] three days; signify three days, or, as Jarchi expresses it, are a sign of three days; which Joseph could know only by divine revelation; for there is no more likeness between branches and days, than between them and months or years, and bid as fair to signify one as the other, if the interpretation depended on similarity, or bare conjecture.
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 Pharaohâs court, come under the displeasure of their sovereign. âIn the house of the captain of the guards.â It appears that this officerâs establishment contained the keep in which Joseph and these criminals were confined. âCharged Joseph with them.â As Joseph was his slave, and these were state prisoners, he appointed him to wait upon them. It is probable that Josephâs character had been somewhat re-established with him during his residence in the prison.
Genesis 40:5-8
These prisoners dream, âeach according to the interpretation of his dream,â the imagery of which was suited to indicate his future state. They were sad - anxious to know the meaning of these impressive dreams. âWhy are your forces bad today?â Joseph keeps up his character of frank composure. âDo not interpretations belong to God?â In his past history he had learned that dreams themselves come from God. And when he adds, âTell them now to me,â 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. âPressed them into Pharaohâs cup.â 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 âthree branches were three days.â Joseph, in the quiet confidence that his interpretation would prove correct, begs the chief butler to remember him and endeavor to procure his release. âStolen, stolen was I.â 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. âFrom the land of the Hebrews;â a very remarkable expression, as it strongly favors the presumption that the Hebrews inhabited the country before Kenaan took possession of it. âI have not done aught.â Joseph pleads innocence, and claims liberation, not as an unmerited favor, but as a right. âThe pit.â 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. âI also.â He anticipates a favorable answer, from the remarkable likeness of the dreams. âOn my head.â It appears from the monuments of Egypt that it was the custom for men to carry articles on their heads. âAll manner of baked meatsâ were also characteristic of a corn country. âLift up thy head from upon thee.â 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. âThe birthday of Pharaoh.â 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. âLifted up the head;â 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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Genesis 40:12. The three branches are three days — That is, The three branches signify three days; so, this IS my body, that is, this bread signifies or represents my body; this cup IS my blood, REPRESENTS my blood; a form of speech frequently used in the sacred writings, for the Hebrew has no proper word by which our terms signifies, represents, c., are expressed therefore it says such a thing IS, for represents, points out, &c. And because several of our ancestors would understand such words in their true, genuine, critical, and sole meaning, Queen Mary, Bishops Gardiner, Bonner, and the rest of that demoniacal crew, reduced them to ashes in Smithfield and elsewhere!
