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.


In Context

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.

Genesis 40:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

40:17In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:17And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:17and 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:17And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the baker makes, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:17and 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bake-meats for Pharaoh; and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:17In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:17and 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:17And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket on my head.