15 I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews,(A) and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”(B)

16 When the chief baker(C) saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation,(D) he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets(E) of bread.[a] 17 In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 40:16 Or three wicker baskets

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:

17 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.

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