The Meaning of Genesis 40:10 Explained

Genesis 40:10

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:

YLT: and in the vine are three branches, and it is as it were flourishing; gone up hath its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes;

Darby: and in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded: its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into grapes.

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 Reverse Interlinear

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: 

What does Genesis 40:10 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 40:10 mean?

And in the vine [were] three branches And it [was] as though it budded shot forth its blossoms brought forth its clusters ripe grapes
וּבַגֶּ֖פֶן שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה שָׂרִיגִ֑ם וְהִ֤יא כְפֹרַ֙חַת֙ עָלְתָ֣ה נִצָּ֔הּ הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּ אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶ֖יהָ עֲנָבִֽים

וּבַגֶּ֖פֶן  And  in  the  vine  [were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: גֶּפֶן  
Sense: vine, vine tree.
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
שָׂרִיגִ֑ם  branches 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׂרִיג  
Sense: tendril, twig, branch.
וְהִ֤יא  And  it  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
כְפֹרַ֙חַת֙  as  though  it  budded 
Parse: Preposition-k, Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: פָּרַח 
Sense: to bud, sprout, shoot, bloom.
עָלְתָ֣ה  shot  forth 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
נִצָּ֔הּ  its  blossoms 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נֵץ 
Sense: blossom.
הִבְשִׁ֥ילוּ  brought  forth 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּשַׁל  
Sense: to boil, cook, bake, roast, ripen, grow ripe.
אַשְׁכְּלֹתֶ֖יהָ  its  clusters 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶשְׁכֹּול  
Sense: cluster.
עֲנָבִֽים  ripe  grapes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֵנָב  
Sense: grape(s).

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