18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
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And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-19)Observe, I. The special providence of God, which filled the heads of these two prisoners with unusual dreams, such as made extraordinary impressions upon them, and carried with them evidences of a divine origin, both in one night. Note, God has immediate access to the spirits of men, which he can make serviceable to his own purposes whenever he pleases, quite beyond the intention of those concerne…
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