Genesis 40:12

40:12 “This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent ¹  three days.

Genesis 40:20-22

40:20 On the third day it was Pharaoh’s birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He “lifted up” ²  the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants. 40:21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position ³  so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand, 40:22 but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted. ⁴ 

[40:12]  ¹ tn Heb “the three branches [are].”

[40:20]  ² tn The translation puts the verb in quotation marks because it is used rhetorically here and has a double meaning. With respect to the cup bearer it means “reinstate” (see v. 13), but with respect to the baker it means “decapitate” (see v. 19).

[40:21]  ³ tn Heb “his cupbearing.”

[40:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “had interpreted for them.”