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Genesis 40

Genesis 40:18

The Cupbearer and the Baker · Genesis 40:1–23
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Translations

Modern
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
Traditional
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
Literal
And Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
Latin
Respondit Joseph: Hæc est interpretatio somnii: tria canistra, tres adhuc dies sunt:

Original

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

Notes

Genesis 40:9–19

Joseph listened to the dreams and gave their interpretations. These dreams were not trivial. They were serious warnings from God about what everyone would soon face. These two dreams also prepare for Pharaoh’s two dreams, which reveal the coming seasons of life and death that the nation would soon experience.

Genesis 40:1–23

Joseph did not lose faith in God’s promises, as evidenced by his readiness to interpret the dreams of two prisoners. He was still convinced that God’s revelation in his own two dreams (37:5–11) was true, and he had not abandoned hope that they would be fulfilled. When the fellow prisoners’ dreams were fulfilled exactly as Joseph said, this confirmed that his previous dreams were from God.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Symbolic Numbers Visions

Events

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Baker Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Butler Cup-Bearer Dreams Genesis, Book of Jacob Joseph Patriarchs, Period of the Prophecy

Topics

Dream: Interpreted by Joseph Dream: The Dreams of the Butler and Baker Dreams: Mentioned in Scripture of Pharaoh's Butler and Baker Egypt: Israel in Joseph Interprets the Chief Baker's and the Chief Butler's Joseph: Son of Jacob of the Two Prisoners