Genesis 40 · Verse 18

Genesis 40:18

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

Genesis 40:18 in other translations

BSBJoseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
WEBJoseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.
ASVAnd Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
YLTAnd Joseph answereth and saith, ‘This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
DARBYAnd Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.
BBEThen Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;
WebsterAnd Joseph answered, and said, This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days:

What does Genesis 40:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 40:18-19
18-19. Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation--The purport was that in three days his execution should be ordered. The language of Joseph describes minutely one form of capital punishment that prevailed in Egypt; namely, that the criminal was decapitated and then his headless body gibbeted on a tree by the highway till it was gradually devoured by the ravenous birds.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 40:1-19

It was not so much the prison that made the butler and baker sad, as their dreams. God has more ways than one to sadden the spirits. Joseph had compassion towards them. Let us be concerned for the sadness of our brethren's countenances. It is often a relief to those that are in trouble to be noticed. Also learn to look into the causes of our own sorrow. Is there a good reason? Is there not comfort sufficient to…

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Genesis 40:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֤עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030
יוֹסֵף֙yo.SefJosephH3130
וַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
זֶ֖הzehthisH2088
פִּתְרֹנ֑וֹpit.ro.No[is] interpretation itsH6623
שְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙she.Lo.shet[the] threeH7969
הַסַּלִּ֔יםha.sa.Limthe basketsH5536
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shet[are] threeH7969
יָמִ֖יםya.MimdaysH3117
הֵֽם\׃HemtheyH1992

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 40:18

  • Genesis 40:12

    And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

  • 1 Corinthians 11:24

    And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

  • Genesis 41:26

    The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:4

    And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
12; 41:26; 1Co 10:4; 11:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 40:17

    And 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.

  • Genesis 40:18

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

  • Genesis 40:19

    Yet 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.

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Genesis 40:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces respondió José, y dijo: Esta es su declaración: Los tres canastillos tres días son;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Joseph répondit et dit: C’est ici son interprétation: Les trois corbeilles, ce sont trois jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Joseph antwortete und sprach: Dies ist seine Deutung:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Respondit Joseph: Hæc est interpretatio somnii: tria canistra, tres adhuc dies sunt: