Genesis 40:12
Context40:12 “This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent 1 three days.
Genesis 40:18
Context40:18 Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent 2 three days.
Genesis 41:11
Context41:11 We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning. 3
Genesis 40:8
Context40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams, 4 but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them 5 to me.”
Genesis 40:5
Context40:5 Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream 6 the same night. 7 Each man’s dream had its own meaning. 8


[40:12] 1 tn Heb “the three branches [are].”
[40:18] 2 tn Heb “the three baskets [are].”
[41:11] 3 tn Heb “and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we dreamed.”
[40:8] 4 tn Heb “a dream we dreamed.”
[40:8] 5 tn The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[40:5] 5 tn Heb “dreamed a dream.”
[40:5] 6 tn Heb “a man his dream in one night.”
[40:5] 7 tn Heb “a man according to the interpretation of his dream.”