Genesis 40:18
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
In other versions
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
ASV
Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;
BBE
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.
DBY
Joseph answered, "This is the interpretation of it. The three baskets are three days.
WEB
And Joseph answereth and saith, `This `is' its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
YLT
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
ENG
And Joseph answered, and said, This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days:
WBT
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
BSB
In context
16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Joseph