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Genesis 40:18

Joseph

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

17 In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

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BSB
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
KJV
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
WEB
Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.
ASV
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
DARBY
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.
BLB
And Joseph answered and said, “This [is] its interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
ÅB
Da svarte Josef og sa: Dette er tydningen: De tre kurver er tre dager.
OTB
Josef svarte: "Dette er tydningen: de tre kurvene er tre dager.
B1930
Da svarte Josef og sa: Dette er tydningen: De tre kurver er tre dager.

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