"And Joseph answered and said, This {is} the interpretation thereof: The three baskets {are} three days:" — Genesis 40:18

Genesis 40:18 · KJV

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

— Genesis 40:18

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. {bakemeats...: Heb. meat of Pharaoh, the work of a baker, or, cook}

Verse 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. {lift...: or, reckon thee, and take thy office from thee}

Genesis 40 — Context

When 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: {white: or, full of holes}

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

And 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. {lifted...: or, reckoned}

Cross References

Genesis 40:12

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

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. {followed...: or, went with them}

Genesis 41:26

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

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. {in...: or, for a remembrance}