18"This is what it means," Joseph said. "The three baskets are three days.


In Context

15 For I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon."

16 When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, "I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.

17 In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head."

18 "This is what it means," Joseph said. "The three baskets are three days.

19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat away your flesh."

20 Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:

Genesis 40:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:18And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:18Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets are yet three days:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:18And Joseph answered, and said, This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:18Joseph answered, |This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:18And Joseph answereth and saith, 'This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: