KJV King James Version
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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Genesis 40:17
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
WEB World English Bible
In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and in the uppermost basket are of all kinds of Pharaoh’s food, work of a baker; and the birds are eating them out of the basket, from off my head.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 40
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.
20 And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
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וּבַסַּ֣לH5536 · salbasketהָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןH5945 · el.yonhighמִכֹּ֛לH3605 · kolallמַאֲכַ֥לH3978 · ma.a.khalfoodפַּרְעֹ֖הH6547 · par.ohPharaohמַעֲשֵׂ֣הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workאֹפֶ֑הH644 · a.phahto bakeוְהָע֗וֹףH5775 · ophbirdאֹכֵ֥לH398 · a.khalto eatאֹתָ֛םH853 · et[Obj.]מִן־H4480 · minfromהַסַּ֖לH5536 · salbasketמֵעַ֥לH5921 · aluponרֹאשִֽׁי׃H7218 · roshhead
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