16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and there were three [a]white baskets on my head. 17 In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”

18 So Joseph answered and said, (A)“This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days. 19 (B)Within three days Pharaoh will lift [b]off your head from you and (C)hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

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  1. Genesis 40:16 Or baskets of white bread
  2. Genesis 40:19 Lit. up

16 When the chief baker(A) saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation,(B) he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets(C) 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.”

18 “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.(D) 19 Within three days(E) Pharaoh will lift off your head(F) and impale your body on a pole.(G) And the birds will eat away your flesh.”(H)

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  1. Genesis 40:16 Or three wicker baskets