Genesis 40:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: ”

Genesis 40:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph in Prison An uncomplaining patience and an unhesitating hopefulness keep the breast of Joseph in calm tranquillity. There is a God above, and that God is with him. His soul swerves not...
Genesis 40:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Joseph said unto him, This (d) [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days: (d) He was reassured by the spirit of God, that his interpretation was true.
Genesis 40:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40. Joseph Interprets their Dreams to Pharaoh's Two Imprisoned Officers. This chapter is from E, with harmonistic additions and touches from J ( Genesis 40:3 b , Genesis 40:5 b , Gene...
Genesis 40:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. The three branches are three days. Joseph does not here offer what he thought to be probable, like some ambiguous conjecturer; but asserts, by the revelation of the Spirit, the meaning of...
Genesis 40:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: The three branches are three days - That is, The three branches signify three days; so, this Is my b...
Genesis 40:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The three branches are three days— i.e.. Signify or represent three days. See Genesis 40:18 ch. Genesis 41:26-27 .
Genesis 40:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation. Speaking as an inspired interpreter, he told t...
Genesis 40:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joseph interprets the Dreams of Pharaoh's Officers 1. Butler] rather, 'cupbearer,' a high court official: cp. Nehemiah 1:11 ; Nehemiah 2:1 . Baker ] rather, 'cook.' It is conjectured that these...
Genesis 40:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph Interprets Two Dreams Genesis 40:9-23 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 tho...
Genesis 40:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The works of God are ever characterized by simplicity. No study is more fascinating in the Divine Oracles or in human experience than the wonderful mosaic of the divine government. If it may be state...
Genesis 40:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Doth not this lead the pious heart to the remembrance of him, who ought to be endeared indeed to our remembrance?
Genesis 40:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joseph said unto him, this [is] the interpretation of it ,.... Of the dream: the three branches [are] three days ; signify three days, or, as Jarchi expresses it, are a sign of three days; whi...
Genesis 40:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days: Ver. 12. The three branches are three days. ] That is, They signify three days. So Genesis 41:26...
Genesis 40:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOSEPH, INTERPRETER OF DREAMS Two men are seen now to be committed to Joseph's care in the prison, the cup bearer and the baker of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. It is not told us for what offenses they...
Genesis 40:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bo...
Genesis 40:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Signify three days. So that word is oft used, as Genesis 40:18 , Genesis 41:26,27 Da 2:38 4:22 Matthew 13:19,38 Matthew 26:26,28 Lu 8:11 1 Corinthians 10:4 . And indeed there is no p...
Genesis 40:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Joseph said, “This is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three days. Within yet three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you will give Pharaoh'...
Genesis 40:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— The butler. ] “The cupbearer and overseer of the wine—making and storing and serving, an important officer of the king. ( 2 Kings 18:17 .) He was now a state prisoner for an offen...
Genesis 40:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 40:4 . Captain of the guard; that is, Potiphar who had a controul over the gaoler. It would seem, by enlarging Joseph's liberty in prison, that he now believed his asseverations of innocen...
Genesis 40:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them Light upon Joseph’s destiny This chapter discovers signs that Joseph was destined to fill an important place in the history...
Genesis 40:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 40:1 And it came to pass (literally, and it was ) after these things (literally, words , i.e. after the transactions just recorded), that the butler —מָשְׁקֶה, t...
Genesis 40:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Interpretation of the Dreams
Genesis 40:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

This. Genesis 40:18 Genesis 41:12 Genesis 41:25 Genesis 41:26 Judges 7:14 Daniel 2:36-45 Daniel 4:19-33 The three. Genesis 41:26 Judges 7:14 Matthew 26:26 1 Corinthians 10:4 Ga...
Genesis 40:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joseph in Prison Genesis 40:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We left Joseph, in chapter 39, in prison under the order of Potiphar, captain of the guard. Chapter forty of Genesis discovers to us several...

Genesis 40:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 40:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 40:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 40:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 40:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 40:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 40:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 40:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 40:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 40:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 40:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 40:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary