World English Bible
"Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days."
— Genesis 40:18, World English Bible
“And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:”
“And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days; ”
“Joseph replied,“This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days.”
“Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets, are yet three days:”
“Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;”
“And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:”
For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."
Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.
Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."
It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;