The Meaning of Genesis 40:18 Explained

Genesis 40:18

KJV: And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

YLT: And Joseph answereth and saith, 'This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;

Darby: And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days.

ASV: And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

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What is the context of Genesis 40:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:

What does Genesis 40:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 40:9-23 - Joseph Interprets Two Dreams

Joseph as an interpreter was among a thousand. Because his pure heart was open to God, he could unriddle the mysteries of human life. Very often those who walk with God can solve and explain the dark riddles of human life for the less enlightened. Joseph was keenly alive to God's presence. It filled the prison with glory. He knew that thence must come all their hope and expectation; and God was "in the shadow, keeping watch above His own." He was contriving and superintending the chain of events which were to set His young servant on the throne. Man had despised and rejected him, but God had already prepared for him a position of honor and usefulness, to which his ministry to these men was as rungs in the upward ladder. Do not neglect small acts of ministry. Faithfulness in the very little leads to the throne-life. The butler's forgetfulness reminds us of our shameful forgetfulness of the Redeemer, who has brought us up out of the pit, and redeemed us with precious blood. Yet He said: "This do in remembrance of me." [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 40

¹ The chief butler and baker of Pharaoh are also imprisoned
⁵ Joseph interprets their dreams
²⁰ They are accomplished according to his interpretation
²³ The ingratitude of the butler, in forgetting Joseph

What do the individual words in Genesis 40:18 mean?

So answered Joseph and said this [is] the interpretation of it three the baskets three days are

וַיַּ֤עַן יוֹסֵף֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר זֶ֖ה : פִּתְרֹנ֑וֹ שְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙ הַסַּלִּ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִ֖ים הֵֽם

וַיַּ֤עַן	So answered
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: לְעַנּׄות Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
יוֹסֵף֙	Joseph
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄוסֵף Sense: the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel.
וַיֹּ֔אמֶר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
זֶ֖ה	this [is]
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular Root: זֶה Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
: פִּתְרֹנ֑וֹ	the interpretation of it
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: פִּתָּרֹון Sense: interpretation.
שְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙	three
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ Sense: three, triad.
הַסַּלִּ֔ים	the baskets
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: סַל Sense: basket.
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת	three
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ Sense: three, triad.
יָמִ֖ים	days
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.

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