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Selected Verse: Genesis 40:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Ge 40:16 |
Strong Concordance |
When the chief [08269] baker [0644] saw [07200] that the interpretation [06622] was good [02896], he said [0559] unto Joseph [03130], I also [0637] was in my dream [02472], and, behold, I had three [07969] white [02751] baskets [05536] on my head [07218]: |
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King James |
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: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE BAKER'S DREAM. (Gen 40:16-23)
I had three white baskets--The circumstances mentioned exactly describe his duties, which, notwithstanding numerous assistants, he performed with his own hands.
white--literally, "full of holes"; that is, wicker baskets. The meats were carried to table upon the head in three baskets, one piled upon the other; and in the uppermost, the bakemeats. And in crossing the open courts, from the kitchen to the dining rooms, the removal of the viands by a vulture, eagle, ibis, or other rapacious bird, was a frequent occurrence in the palaces of Egypt, as it is an everyday incident in the hot countries of the East still. The risk from these carnivorous birds was the greater in the cities of Egypt, where being held sacred, it was unlawful to destroy them; and they swarmed in such numbers as to be a great annoyance to the people. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Encouraged by this favourable interpretation, the chief baker also told his dream: "I too,...in my dream: behold, baskets of white bread upon my head, and in the top basket all kinds of food for Pharaoh, pastry; and the birds ate it out of the basket from my head." In this dream, the carrying of the baskets upon the head is thoroughly Egyptian; for, according to Herod. 2, 35, the men in Egypt carry burdens upon the head, the women upon the shoulders. And, according to the monuments, the variety of confectionary was very extensive (cf. Hengst. p. 27). In the opening words, "I too," the baker points to the resemblance between his dream and the cup-bearer's. The resemblance was not confined to the sameness of the numbers-three baskets of white bread, and three branches of the vine-but was also seen in the fact that his official duty at the court was represented in the dream. But instead of Pharaoh taking the bread from his hand, the birds of heaven ate it out of the basket upon his head. And Joseph gave this interpretation: "The three baskets signify three days: within that time Pharaoh will take away thy head from thee ("lift up thy head," as in Gen 40:13, but with מעליך "away from thee," i.e., behead thee), and hang thee on the stake (thy body after execution; vid., Deu 21:22-23), and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee." However simple and close this interpretation of the two dreams may appear, the exact accordance with the fulfilment was a miracle wrought by God, and showed that as the dreams originated in the instigation of God, the interpretation was His inspiration also. |
16 When the chief [08269] baker [0644] saw [07200] that the interpretation [06622] was good [02896], he said [0559] unto Joseph [03130], I also [0637] was in my dream [02472], and, behold, I had three [07969] white [02751] baskets [05536] on my head [07218]:
17 And in the uppermost [05945] basket [05536] there was of all manner [03978] of bakemeats [04639] [0644] for Pharaoh [06547]; and the birds [05775] did eat [0398] them out of the basket [05536] upon [05921] my head [07218].
18 And Joseph [03130] answered [06030] and said [0559], This is the interpretation [06623] thereof: The three [07969] baskets [05536] are three [07969] days [03117]:
19 Yet within three [07969] days [03117] shall Pharaoh [06547] lift up [05375] thy head [07218] from off thee, and shall hang [08518] thee on a tree [06086]; and the birds [05775] shall eat [0398] thy flesh [01320] from off thee.
20 And it came to pass the third [07992] day [03117], which was Pharaoh's [06547] birthday [03117] [03205], that he made [06213] a feast [04960] unto all his servants [05650]: and he lifted up [05375] the head [07218] of the chief [08269] butler [08248] and of the chief [08269] baker [0644] among [08432] his servants [05650].
21 And he restored [07725] the chief [08269] butler [08248] unto his butlership [04945] again [07725]; and he gave [05414] the cup [03563] into Pharaoh's [06547] hand [03709]:
22 But he hanged [08518] the chief [08269] baker [0644]: as Joseph [03130] had interpreted [06622] to them.
23 Yet did not the chief [08269] butler [08248] remember [02142] Joseph [03130], but forgat [07911] him.
22 And if a man [0376] have committed a sin [02399] worthy of [04941] death [04194], and he be to be put to death [04191], and thou hang [08518] him on a tree [06086]:
23 His body [05038] shall not remain all night [03885] upon the tree [06086], but thou shalt in any wise [06912] bury [06912] him that day [03117]; (for he that is hanged [08518] is accursed [07045] of God [0430];) that thy land [0127] be not defiled [02930], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee for an inheritance [05159].
13 Yet [05750] within three [07969] days [03117] shall Pharaoh [06547] lift up [05375] thine head [07218], and restore [07725] thee unto thy place [03653]: and thou shalt deliver [05414] Pharaoh's [06547] cup [03563] into his hand [03027], after the former [07223] manner [04941] when thou wast his butler [08248].