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Genesis 40

Gen. 40:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him, This is the interpretation
pithrown (Hebrew #6623)
from 6622; interpretation (of a dream)
KJV usage: interpretation.
Pronounce: pith-rone'
Origin: or pithron {pith-rone'}
of itl: The three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
branches
sariyg (Hebrew #8299)
a tendril (as entwining)
KJV usage: branch.
Pronounce: saw-reeg'
Origin: from 8276
are three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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Gen. 41:25• 25And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one. What God is about to do he hath declared to Pharaoh. (Gen. 41:25)
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Dan. 2:36• 36{i}This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.{/i} (Dan. 2:36)

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Gen. 40:18• 18And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation of it: the three baskets [are] three days. (Gen. 40:18)
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Gen. 41:12,25‑26• 12And [there was] with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant of the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he interpreted.
 25And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one. What God is about to do he hath declared to Pharaoh.
 26The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one. (Gen. 41:12,25‑26)
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Judg. 7:14• 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. (Judg. 7:14)
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Dan. 2:36‑45• 36{i}This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.{/i}
 37Thou, O king, art a king of kings for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
 38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
 39And after thee shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee; {i}then another third kingdom of brass, which shall{/i} bear rule over all the earth.
 40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
 41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided. There shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
 42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.
 43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: But they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
 45{i}Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was{/i} cut out of the mountain without hands, and it break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, —{i}the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure.{/i} (Dan. 2:36‑45)
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Dan. 4:19‑33• 19{i}Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, nor its interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said{/i}, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
 20The tree that thou sawest, which grew and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
 21{i}whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and{/i} in it was meat for all: under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
 22It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
 23And whereas the king saw a watcher, and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, hew the tree down and destroy it. Yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him.
 24This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king.
 25{i}They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and{/i} they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.
 26{i}And whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom shall remain unto thee, after that thou shalt know that the heavens do rule.{/i}
 27{i}Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity{/i}.
 28All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
 29At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
 30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
 31While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; the kingdom is departed from thee,
 32{i}and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will{/i}.
 33The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen. and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws. (Dan. 4:19‑33)
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Gen. 41:26• 26The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one. (Gen. 41:26)
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Judg. 7:14• 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. (Judg. 7:14)
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Matt. 26:26• 26{i}And as they were eating, Jesus, having taken [the] bread and blessed, broke [it] and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.{/i} (Matt. 26:26)
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1 Cor. 10:4• 4and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of a spiritual attendant rock (and the rock was Christ); (1 Cor. 10:4)
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Gal. 4:25• 25For Agar is Mount Sina in Arabia, but correspondeth with the existing Jerusalem, for she is in bondage with her children. (Gal. 4:25)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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And Joseph said to him, This [is] the interpretation of it: the three branches [are] three days.