Genesis 40:17

and, in the uppermost basket, was some of every kind of food for Pharaoh that a baker could make,—but, the birds, kept eating them out of the basket from off my head.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16Then the chief of the bakers, seeing that he had well interpreted, said unto Joseph, I, too, was in my dream, when lo! three wicker baskets of fine bread were on my head;

18And Joseph responded and said, This, is the interpretation thereof, The three baskets, are, three days:

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Cross References

Genesis 49:20Out of Asher, fatness, is his food,—So, he, setteth forth dainties for a king.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:6-20

5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.… Read the whole commentary →

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