Genesis 40:17

17 In the top basket were all kinds of baked food for the king, but the birds were eating this food out of the basket on my head."

Genesis 40:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:17

And in the uppermost basket [there was] of all manner of
bakemeats for Pharaoh
All sorts of pastry, as tarts, pies, &c. Josephus ^F2 says, two of the baskets were full of bread, and the third had various sorts of food, such as is usually, prepared for kings: and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head;
all the three baskets were upon his head, but this seems to be the uppermost, which the birds could more easily come at; though if the baskets were full of holes, they might through them peck the bread with their bills.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Antiqu. l. 2. c. 5. sect. 3.

Genesis 40:17 In-Context

15 I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews, and I have done nothing here to deserve being put in prison."

16 The baker saw that Joseph's explanation of the dream was good, so he said to him, "I also had a dream. I dreamed there were three bread baskets on my head.

17 In the top basket were all kinds of baked food for the king, but the birds were eating this food out of the basket on my head."

18 Joseph answered, "I will tell you what the dream means. The three baskets stand for three days.

19 Before the end of three days, the king will cut off your head! He will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh."