Genesis 40:17
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
16 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:
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
- KJV
- And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
- WEB
- In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
- ASV
- and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
- DARBY
- And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the baker makes, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.
- BLB
- And in the uppermost basket [were] all [kinds of] food, for Pharaoh, the work of a baker; and the birds were eating them out of the basket from upon my head.”
- ÅB
- Og i den øverste kurv var det allslags bakverk, sånt som Farao pleier å spise, og fuglene spiste det av kurven på mitt hode.
- OTB
- I den øverste kurven var det alle slags bakverk for farao, men fuglene spiste dem fra kurven på mitt hode."
- B1930
- Og i den øverste kurv var det allslags bakverk, sånt som Farao pleier å ete, og fuglene åt det av kurven på mitt hode.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 49:20
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
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