Genesis 40:17

Plain English Version

The basket that was on top, it had all sorts of bread and cakes in it, and they were for Pharaoh to eat. But some birds were there, and they ate the bread and cakes that were in that basket.”

Cross References

Genesis 40:16

The wine-boss listened to all those things that Joseph said, and the bread-boss listened too. That bread-boss thought, “That other man’s dream meant something good, so maybe my dream means something good too.” So the bread-boss talked to Joseph, and he said, “I had a dream too. In my dream, there were 3 baskets of special bread on my head.

Genesis 40:18

Then Joseph said, “I will tell you what that dream means. Those 3 baskets that you saw, they are like a picture of 3 days.

Genesis 49:20

Then Jacob said, “Asher’s land will grow really good food. That food will be so good, rich bosses will pay a lot of money to eat it.”