Verse 18
Genesis 40:18
Free Bible Version
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In three days' time Pharaoh will take you out of prison and hang you on a pole, and birds will eat your flesh.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֤עַן יוֹסֵף֙ וַ/יֹּ֔אמֶר זֶ֖ה פִּתְרֹנ֑/וֹ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת֙ הַ/סַּלִּ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִ֖ים הֵֽם
English Translation
And Joseph answered and said, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days."
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Chapter 40 Context
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Later on the cupbearer and the baker committed some offense against their master, the king of Egypt.
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Pharaoh was angry with these two royal officials—the chief cupbearer and chief baker—
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and imprisoned them in the house of the commander of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was.
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The commander of the guard assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant. They were kept in pr...
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One night while they were in prison the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt each had a dre...
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So he asked Pharaoh's officials who were imprisoned with him in his master's house, “Why are you loo...
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“We've both had dreams but can't find anyone to explain what they mean,” they said. So Joseph told t...
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So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. “In my dream there was a vine right in front of me,” h...
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“The vine had three branches. As soon as it budded, it flowered, and produced clusters of ripe grape...
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I was holding Pharaoh's wine cup, so I picked the grapes and squeezed them into the cup and gave it...
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“This is the meaning,” Joseph told him. “The three branches represent three days.
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In three days' time Pharaoh will take you out of prison and give you back your job, and you will han...
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But when things go well for you, please remember me with kindness and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf,...
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I was cruelly kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and now I'm here in this pit even though I've...
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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was positive, he said to Joseph, “I also had a drea...
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In the top basket were all the cakes and pastries for Pharaoh to eat, and the birds were eating them...
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“This is the meaning,” Joseph told him. “The three baskets represent three days.
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In three days' time Pharaoh will take you out of prison and hang you on a pole, and birds will eat y...
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Three days later it happened to be Pharaoh's birthday, and he arranged a banquet for all his officia...
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He gave the chief cupbearer his job back, and he returned to his duties of handing Pharaoh his cup.
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But the chief cupbearer didn't remember to say anything about Joseph—in fact he forgot all about him...
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