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.|


In Context

14 But remember me when it will be well with you, and please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to 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 to Joseph, |I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.

17 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.|

18 Joseph answered, |This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.

19 Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.|

Genesis 40:17 in Other Translations

The 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 upon my head.

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 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.