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Genesis 40:17 KJV
Genesis · chapter 40 · verse 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.Genesis 40:17 · King James Version
Genesis 40:17 in context
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:
19Yet 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- uppermostʻelyôwnan elevationH5945 →
- bakemeatsmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
- bakemeatsʼâphâhto cook, especially to bakeH644 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- basketçalproperly, a willow twigH5536 →
- mannermaʼăkâlan eatableH3978 →
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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