Genesis 40:17

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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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  • Gen 49:20 : 20 Asher's food will be rich, and he will provide delicacies fit for a king.

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  • Gen 40:15-16
    2 verses
    89%

    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.

    16When 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.

  • Gen 40:18-22
    5 verses
    85%

    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 40:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Gen 41:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    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.'

  • Gen 40:5
    74%

    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.

  • Gen 40:9-13
    5 verses
    73%

    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 41:17
    70%

    17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'In my dream, I was standing on the bank of the Nile.'

  • Gen 41:54-55
    2 verses
    70%

    54Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.

    55When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'

  • Gen 41:7
    69%

    7And the thin ears of grain swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it was a dream.

  • Gen 41:13
    69%

    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.

  • Gen 41:15
    68%

    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.'

  • Gen 41:4
    68%

    4And the ugly and thin cows devoured the seven beautiful and well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

  • Gen 41:41
    68%

    41Pharaoh also said to Joseph, 'See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.'

  • Gen 41:35-36
    2 verses
    68%

    35Let them gather all the food from these good years that are coming and store up grain under Pharaoh’s authority for food in the cities, and let them guard it.

    36This food will be held in reserve for the land to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the land will not be destroyed by the famine.

  • Gen 41:24
    68%

    24'The thin ears of grain swallowed up the seven good ears. I told this to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.'

  • Gen 47:17
    68%

    17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks of sheep, the herds of cattle, and the donkeys. He provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.

  • Gen 47:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.

    13There was no food in the entire land because the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away under the pressure of the famine.

  • Gen 39:6
    68%

    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.

  • Gen 41:21
    68%

    21'But even after they had eaten them, no one could tell that they had done so; they still looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.'

  • Gen 41:43
    68%

    43He had Joseph ride in the chariot of his second-in-command, and they called out before him, 'Bow down!' So he was put in charge of all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 37:6
    68%

    6Joseph said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had.

  • Exod 39:36
    67%

    36They brought the table with all its utensils and the bread of the Presence.

  • Exod 29:23
    67%

    23Along with one loaf of bread, one cake made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread set before the Lord.