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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.
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When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.
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."
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In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them 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.
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“This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are 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."
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Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”
20 Three days later, on his birthday, the king gave a feast for all his officers. In front of his officers, he released from prison the chief officer who served his wine and the chief baker.
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Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:
21 The king gave his chief officer who served wine his old position, and once again he put the king's cup of wine into the king's hand.
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He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand—
22 But the king hanged the baker on a pole. Everything happened just as Joseph had said it would,
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but he impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.
23 but the officer who served wine did not remember Joseph. He forgot all about him.
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The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
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