Genesis 40:16
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, 'I also had a dream. There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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:
KJV1611 – Modern English
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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:
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
When the chefe baker sawe that he had well interpretate it he sayde vnto Ioseph me thought also in my dreame yt I had. iij. wyker baskettes on my heade?
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan the chefe baker sawe, that the interpretacion was good, he sayde vnto Ioseph: I dreamed, that I bare thre wyker baskettes vpon my heade,
Geneva Bible (1560)
And when the chiefe baker sawe that the interpretation was good, hee saide vnto Ioseph, Also mee thought in my dreame that I had three white baskets on mine head.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
When the chiefe baker sawe that the interpretatio was good, he sayd vnto Ioseph: me thought also in my dreame that I had three whyte wycker baskettes on my head,
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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:
Webster's Bible (1833)
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And the chief of the bakers seeth that he hath interpreted good, and he saith unto Joseph, `I also `am' in a dream, and lo, three baskets of white bread `are' on my head,
American Standard Version (1901)
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head:
American Standard Version (1901)
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head:
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;
World English Bible (2000)
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, he said to Joseph,“I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 40:1-2 : 1 After these events, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh became angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Gen 40:17-226 verses89%
17In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.'
18Joseph answered, 'This is its interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
19Within three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head—off of you—and hang you on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh from you.'
20On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he held a feast for all his servants. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his servants.
21He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he again placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.
22But he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.
- Gen 40:5-139 verses80%
5Both of them—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled.
7He asked Pharaoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, 'Why do you look so downcast today?'
8They said to him, 'We each had a dream, but there is no one to interpret it.' Joseph replied, 'Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.'
9So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph. He said, 'In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.
10And on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out, and its clusters ripened into grapes.
11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.'
12Then Joseph said to him, 'This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
13In three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
- Gen 41:9-135 verses77%
9Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, 'Today, I remember my offenses.'
10'Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard.'
11'We both had dreams on the same night, each with its own meaning.'
12'And there with us was a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each of us the meaning of his dream.'
13And just as he interpreted our dreams for us, so it came to be: I was restored to my position, and the other was hanged.
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15For I was forcibly taken from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in this pit.
- Gen 40:1-33 verses76%
1After these events, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.
2Pharaoh became angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
3He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.
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15Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said about you that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it.'
- 73%
17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'In my dream, I was standing on the bank of the Nile.'
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6Joseph said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had.
- 70%
6So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; with Joseph in charge, he paid no attention to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.
- 69%
22'In my second dream, I saw seven ears of grain, full and good, growing on one stalk.'