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Genesis 40:12 KJV
Genesis · chapter 40 · verse 12
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:Genesis 40:12 · King James Version
Genesis 40:12 in context
10And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
11And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
12And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
13Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
14But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- interpretationpithrôwninterpretationH6623 →
- branchessârîyga tendrilH8299 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Observe, I. The special providence of God, which filled the heads of these two prisoners with unusual dreams, such as made extraordinary impressions upon them, and carried with them evidences of a divine origin, both in one night.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-19