Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head from off thee Order thee to be beheaded; so the Targum of Jonathan and Ben Melech interpret it,
``Pharaoh shall remove thy head from thy body with a sword:''
and shall hang thee on a tree; his body after his head was severed from it, this should be hung upon a gallows or gibbet, and there continue: and the birds shall eat the flesh from off thee; as they usually do when bodies are thus hung up, see ( 2 Samuel 21:92 Samuel 21:10 ) ; this was signified by the birds eating the bakemeats out of the uppermost basket when upon his head, as it seemed to him in his dream.
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The top basket contained all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head."
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"This is what it means," Joseph replied. "The three baskets are three days.
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In the next three days Pharaoh will cut off your head and hang your dead body on a pole. The birds will eat the flesh from your bones."
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Two days later, on his birthday, Pharaoh had a special dinner prepared for all his servants. Of all his servants he gave special attention to the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
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He restored the chief cupbearer to his position. So the cupbearer put the cup in Pharaoh's hand.