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Genesis 40:18
Genesis 40:18 is verse 18 of Genesis chapter 40, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
King James Version
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
World English Bible
Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.
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Genesis 40:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 40:12Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
Genesis 41:26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.
1 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:24and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”