Genesis 40:10
in Genesis 40and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
KJV
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
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This verse in Genesis 40
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(Verse 10) And behold, a vine was before me, and in it there were three branches, and it was sprouting three shoots. The words in Hebrew, which are called Sarigim, signify three scourges and three branches or shoots.
This site's exposition
there was a vine before me
on Genesis 40:9-11
The cupbearer dreams his day's work, a vine with three branches, grapes, and the cup of Pharaoh. Clarke notes that the juice is pressed straight from the grape into the cup with no fermenting, which is how the office was done. Jamieson adds that the cup rested on the fingertips.
This site's exposition
on the vine were three branches
The vine buds, blossoms and ripens in a single sentence, a whole season passing in moments. The speed fits the answer Joseph gives, restoration within three days. Egyptian tomb paintings at Thebes show vineyards, grape treading and wine jars.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And in the vine were three branches,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
“It seemed as though it budded. And it was as though it budded, i.e., it seemed to me in my dream as though it budded, and after the bud its blossom shot up, and after that it brought forth the clusters and then the ripe grapes.
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבַגֶּ֖פֶן | uvagefen | and [were] on the vine | H1612 → | 55 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| שָׂרִיגִ֑ם | sarigim | branches | H8299 → | |
| וְהִ֤יא | vehi' | and it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| כְפֹרַ֙חַת֙ | kheforachat | when [it was] budding | H6524 → | |
| עָלְתָ֣ה | ʾaltah | it went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| נִצָּ֔הּ | nitzah | blossom its | H5322 → | |
| הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּ | hivshilu | they ripened | H1310 → | |
| אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶ֖יהָ | ʾashkeloteiha | clusters its | H811 → | |
| עֲנָבִֽים׃ | ʾanavim | grapes | H6025 → | 19 times |
וּבַגֶּ֖פֶןand [were] on the vine
uvagefenH1612 →55 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הthree
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
שָׂרִיגִ֑םbranches
sarigimH8299 →
וְהִ֤יאand it
vehi'H1931 →1879 times
כְפֹרַ֙חַת֙when [it was] budding
kheforachatH6524 →
עָלְתָ֣הit went up
ʾaltahH5927 →890 times
נִצָּ֔הּblossom its
nitzahH5322 →
הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּthey ripened
hivshiluH1310 →
אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶ֖יהָclusters its
ʾashkeloteihaH811 →
עֲנָבִֽים׃grapes
ʾanavimH6025 →19 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament.