Genesis 40:18

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 40:18

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Berean Standard Bible

Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

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KJV

King James Version

And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:

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WEB

World English Bible

Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 40

¹⁶ When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

¹⁷ In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

¹⁸ Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

¹⁹ Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

²⁰ On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

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