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Genesis 40:8-18

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8 They said to him, 1"We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them." And Joseph said to them, 2"Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me."
9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, "In my dream there was a vine before me,
10 and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes.
11 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand."
12 Then Joseph said to him, 3"This is its interpretation: 4the three branches are three days.
13 In three days Pharaoh will 5lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh's cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer.
14 Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.
15 For 6I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and 7here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit."
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head,
17 and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head."
18 And Joseph answered and said, 8"This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days.
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Genesis 40:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 40

The history of this chapter is, the imprisonment of two of Pharaoh's officers, his chief butler and chief baker, who by the captain of the guard were made the charge of Joseph, Ge 40:1-4; they both dreamed in prison, which made them sad; Joseph taking notice of their sadness, asked the reason of it, and encouraged them to tell him their dreams, Ge 40:5-8; the chief butler told his dream of the vine and three branches, which Joseph interpreted of his restoration to his office within three days, and desired him to remember him unto Pharaoh when he stood before him, telling him his case, Ge 40:9-15; then the chief baker told his dream of three white baskets of food on his head, which the birds ate, and this Joseph interpreted of his being hanged within three days, Ge 40:16-19; and the events answered to the interpretation, but Joseph was forgot by the chief butler, Ge 40:20-23.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

  • 1. Genesis 41:15
  • 2. Genesis 41:16; Daniel 2:28, 47
  • 3. ver. 18; Genesis 41:12; [Daniel 2:36]
  • 4. [Genesis 41:26, 27]
  • 5. 2 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 52:31; [ver. 19, 20, 22; Psalms 3:3]
  • 6. Genesis 37:28
  • 7. Genesis 39:20
  • 8. See ver. 12
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