Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
17 In the top basket there were all kinds of baked goods for the king, and the birds were eating them."
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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, "This is what it means: the three baskets are three days.
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“This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.
19 In three days the king will release you - and have your head cut off! Then 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 On his birthday three days later the king gave a banquet for all his officials; he released his wine steward and his chief baker and brought them before his officials.
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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 He restored the wine steward to his former position,
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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 he executed the chief baker. It all happened just as Joseph had said.
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but he impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.
23 But the wine steward never gave Joseph another thought - he forgot all about him.
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The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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