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Genesis 40:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Then Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And Joseph said to him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And Joseph said to him, This, is the interpretation thereof,—The three shoots, are, three days:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Joseph saith to him, 'This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches, are yet three days:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Then Ioseph sayde vnto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three braunches are three dayes.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And Ioseph said vnto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three dayes,
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of your dream: The three branches are three days;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And Yosef said unto him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And Yôsëf יוֹסֵף 3130
{3130} Prime
יוֹסֵף
Yowceph
{yo-safe'}
Future of H3254; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.
said 559
{0559} Prime
אָמַר
'amar
{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
unto him, This x2088
(2088) Complement
זֶה
zeh
{zeh}
A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.
[is] the interpretation 6623
{6623} Prime
פִּתְרוֹן
pithrown
{pith-rone'}
From H6622; interpretation (of a dream).
of it: The three 7969
{7969} Prime
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shalowsh
{shaw-loshe'}
The last two forms being masculine; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiplicative) thrice.
branches 8299
{8299} Prime
שָׂרִיג
sariyg
{saw-reeg'}
From H8276; a tendril (as intwining).
[are] three 7969
{7969} Prime
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shalowsh
{shaw-loshe'}
The last two forms being masculine; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiplicative) thrice.
days: 3117
{3117} Prime
יוֹם
yowm
{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Genesis 40:12-15

_ _ Joseph said, ... This is the interpretation — Speaking as an inspired interpreter, he told the butler that within three days he would be restored to all the honors and privileges of his office; and while making that joyful announcement, he earnestly bespoke the officer’s influence for his own liberation. Nothing has hitherto met us in the record indicative of Joseph’s feelings; but this earnest appeal reveals a sadness and impatient longing for release, which not all his piety and faith in God could dispel.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Genesis 40:5-19.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Genesis 40:12

And Joseph said unto him, This (d) [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:

(d) He was reassured by the spirit of God, that his interpretation was true.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
This:

Genesis 40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:
Genesis 41:12 And [there was] there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
Genesis 41:25-26 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he [is] about to do. ... The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one.
Judges 7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This [is] nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: [for] into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
Daniel 2:36-45 This [is] the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. ... Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream [is] certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Daniel 4:19-33 Then Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream [be] to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. ... The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' [feathers], and his nails like birds' [claws].

The three:

Genesis 41:26 The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one.
Judges 7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This [is] nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: [for] into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Galatians 4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
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Gn 40:18; 41:12, 25, 26. Jg 7:14. Dn 2:36; 4:19. Mt 26:26. 1Co 10:4. Ga 4:25.

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