Genesis 40:12

12 Then Joseph said, "I will explain the dream to you. The three branches stand for three days.

Genesis 40:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:12

And Joseph said unto him, this [is] the interpretation of it,
&c.] 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.

Genesis 40:12 In-Context

10 on the vine were three branches. I watched the branches bud and blossom, and then the grapes ripened.

11 I was holding the king's cup, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I gave it to the king."

12 Then Joseph said, "I will explain the dream to you. The three branches stand for three days.

13 Before the end of three days the king will free you, and he will allow you to return to your work. You will serve the king his wine just as you did before.

14 But when you are free, remember me. Be kind to me, and tell the king about me so I can get out of this prison.