KJV King James Version
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:
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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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the chief of the bakers seeth that he hath interpreted good, and he saith unto Joseph, ‘I also am in a dream, and lo, three baskets of white bread are on my head,
Surrounding context — Genesis 40
13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
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.
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:
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.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
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וַיַּ֥רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeשַׂר־H8269 · sarrulerהָאֹפִ֖יםH644 · a.phahto bakeכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforט֣וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantפָּתָ֑רH6622 · pa.tarto interpretוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יוֹסֵ֔ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephאַף־H637 · aphalsoאֲנִי֙H589 · a.niIבַּחֲלוֹמִ֔יH2472 · cha.lomdreamוְהִנֵּ֗הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdשְׁלֹשָׁ֛הH7969 · sha.loshthreeסַלֵּ֥יH5536 · salbasketחֹרִ֖יH2751 · cho.riwhiteעַל־H5921 · aluponרֹאשִֽׁי׃H7218 · roshhead
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