When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head,
Genesis 40:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And in the uppermost basket were some of all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds [of prey] were eating out of the basket on my head. American Standard Version (1901) and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. Common English Bible In the basket on top there were baked goods for Pharaoh’s food, but birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.” Catholic Public Domain Version and in one basket, which was the highest, I carried all foods that are made by the art of baking, and the birds ate from it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it. |
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head,
And Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
As he went to Ziklag these Manassites deserted to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of the thousands in Manasseh.