Genesis 40:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 40:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 40:18 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 40:18 — KJV
“And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:”
— Genesis 40:18 (KJV)
Genesis 40:18 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 40:18
“And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 40:18: joseph, interpretation, three
“When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head: white: or, full of holes”
Shares key themes with Genesis 40:18: joseph, interpretation, three
“And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. yea...: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel”
Shares key themes with Genesis 40:18: answered, three, days
“Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. enquired...: Heb. sought the face, etc”
Shares key themes with Genesis 40:18: answered, three, days
“Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. fitches: or, spelt”
Shares key themes with Genesis 40:18: thereof, three, days
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