And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
Parallel translations
- WEB Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
- BSB Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
- NKJV And Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.
- NASB Then Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
- NLT “This is what the dream means,” Joseph said. “The three branches represent three days.
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Joseph interprets the three branches as three days.
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Joseph speaks with confident clarity, decoding the dream's central symbol. His God-given interpretation will be vindicated by its exact fulfillment. The precise timeframe underscores that the message comes from God, not human guesswork.
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Cross-references · 9
- Judg 7:14And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
- Gen 41:12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
- Gen 41:25–26And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
- Gen 40:18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
- Dan 4:19–33Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
- Dan 2:36–45This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
- Matt 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
- 1 Cor 10:4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
- Gal 4:25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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