Genesis 40:10

8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

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

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ÅB
og på vintreet var det tre greiner, og det skjøt knopper, blomstene kom fram, klasene modnedes til druer.
OTB
og på vinranken var det tre grener. Da den knoppet, åpnet dens blomster seg, og dens klaser modnet til druer.
B1930
og på vintreet var det tre grener, og det skjøt knopper, blomstene kom frem, klasene modnedes til druer.
BSB
and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
KJV
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
WEB
and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters produced ripe grapes.
ASV
and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, [and] its blossoms shot forth; [and] the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
DARBY
and in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded: its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into grapes.
BLB
And in the vine [were] three branches. And it [was] as though it budded, its blossoms came up, [and] its clusters ripened grapes.

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