Genesis 40:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Judg 7:14 : 14 And his friend answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; for God has delivered Midian and all the army into his hand.
  • Gen 41:12 : 12 There with us was a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard, and we told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, to each man according to his dream.
  • Gen 41:25-26 : 25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.
  • Gen 40:18 : 18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days:
  • Dan 2:36-45 : 36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation before the king. 37 You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory. 38 And wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold. 39 And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, for as much as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and as iron that crushes all these, it shall break in pieces and crush. 41 And as you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it some of the strength of the iron, for as much as you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 And as you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men, but they shall not hold together, even as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings, the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 45 For as much as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.
  • Dan 4:19-33 : 19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for a time, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream or its interpretation trouble you. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, may the dream concern those who hate you, and its interpretation concern your enemies. 20 The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached unto heaven, and its sight to all the earth, 21 whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heaven had their habitation, 22 it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, for your greatness has grown and reaches unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth. 23 And as the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Cut the tree down and destroy it; yet leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him. 24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king: 25 That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will. 26 And as they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; your kingdom shall be sure to you, after you have known that the heavens do rule. 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of your tranquility. 28 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken; The kingdom has departed from you. 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will. 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws.
  • Matt 26:26 : 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
  • 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank from that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
  • Gal 4:25 : 25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

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  • Gen 40:16-22
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    16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

    17 And in the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh; and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.

    18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days:

    19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.

    20 And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

    21 And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

    22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

  • Gen 40:13-14
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    13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your place; and you shall deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, as you did when you were his butler.

    14 But remember me when it is well with you, and show kindness, please, to me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

  • Gen 40:7-11
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    7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in the custody of his lord's house, saying, Why do you look so sad today?

    8 And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams, please.

    9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

    10 And on the vine were three branches: and it seemed to bud, and its blossoms burst forth, and its clusters produced ripe grapes:

    11 And 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.

  • Gen 42:17-18
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    17 And he put them all together into custody for three days.

    18 And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

  • Gen 40:3-5
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    3 And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

    4 And the captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he served them; and they remained in custody for a time.

    5 And both of them dreamed a dream, each man his own dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison.

  • Gen 41:11-13
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    11 And we each had a dream in one night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.

    12 There with us was a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard, and we told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, to each man according to his dream.

    13 And it came to pass, just as he interpreted for us, so it was; he restored me to my office, and he hanged the other.

  • 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you, that you can understand a dream to interpret it.

  • 9 Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

  • 6 And he said to them, Listen, I pray you, to this dream which I have dreamed:

  • 1 And it happened after these events, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

  • 17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, I stood on the bank of the river.

  • 25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

  • 15 And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?

  • 1 At the end of two full years, Pharaoh had a dream, and saw himself standing by the river.