Genesis 40:17 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁷ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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.

Genesis 40:17 Cross References

Genesis 40:16

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:

Genesis 40:18

And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

Genesis 49:20

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

1 Chronicles 12:20

As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manas´seh, Adnah, and Joz´abad, and Jedi´a-el, and Michael, and Joz´abad, and Eli´hu, and Zil´thai, captains of the thousands that were of Manas´seh.