1. Mosebok 40,10
8 De svarte: "Vi har hatt drømmer, og det er ingen som kan tyde dem." Josef sa til dem: "Tilhører ikke tydninger Gud? Fortell meg drømmene deres, vær så snill."
9 Så fortalte overmunnskjenken sin drøm til Josef og sa: "I min drøm var det en vinranke foran meg,
og på vinranken var det tre grener. Da den knoppet, åpnet dens blomster seg, og dens klaser modnet til druer.
11 Faraos beger var i min hånd, og jeg tok druene, presset dem i faraos beger, og satte begeret i hans hånd."
12 Josef sa til ham: "Dette er tydningen: de tre grenene er tre dager.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- 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.