Genesis 40:16

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.

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  • Gen 40:1-2 : 1 It happened after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

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  • Gen 40:17-22
    6 verses
    89%

    17 In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."

    18 Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.

    19 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."

    20 It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

    21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;

    22 but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

  • Gen 40:5-13
    9 verses
    80%

    5 They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.

    6 Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.

    7 He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"

    8 They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."

    9 The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,

    10 and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.

    11 Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand."

    12 Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.

    13 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer.

  • Gen 41:9-13
    5 verses
    77%

    9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today.

    10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.

    11 We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

    12 There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted.

    13 It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."

  • 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."

  • Gen 40:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 It happened after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

    2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

    3 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

  • 15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."

  • 17 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river:

  • 6 He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

  • 6 He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.

  • 22 I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good: