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Genesis 40:16 KJV
Genesis · chapter 40 · verse 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 40:16 · King James Version
Genesis 40:16 in context
14But 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:
15For 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.
16When 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:
17And 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.
18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- interpretationpâtharto open upH6622 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- chiefsara head personH8269 →
- bakerʼâphâhto cook, especially to bakeH644 →
- dreamchălôwma dreamH2472 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
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Observe, I. The special providence of God, which filled the heads of these two prisoners with unusual dreams, such as made extraordinary impressions upon them, and carried with them evidences of a divine origin, both in one night.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-19