Genesis 40:12

12 “This is what it means,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.

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Genesis 40:12 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

12 Then Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.

NLT

12 “This is what the dream means,” Joseph said. “The three branches represent three days.

MSG

12 Joseph said, "Here's the meaning. The three branches are three days.

CSB

12 "This is its interpretation," Joseph said to him. "The three branches are 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 40:12 In-Context

10 and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes.

11 Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup and put the cup in his hand.”

12 “This is what it means,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.

13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.

14 But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison.

Cross References 2

1. ver 16; Ge 41:12,15,25; Daniel 2:36; Daniel 4:19
2. ver 18

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