Genesis 40:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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, three baskets of white bread were 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 Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh.