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Genesis 40

Genesis 40:16

The Cupbearer and the Baker · Genesis 40:1–23
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Translations

Modern
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
Traditional
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:
Literal
And the chief of the bakers saw that he interpreted well, and he said to Joseph, “I was also in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
Latin
Videns pistorum magister quod prudenter somnium dissolvisset, ait: Et ego vidi somnium: quod tria canistra farinæ haberem super caput meum:

Original

Hebrew
English
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

Notes

Genesis 40:9–19

Joseph listened to the dreams and gave their interpretations. These dreams were not trivial. They were serious warnings from God about what everyone would soon face. These two dreams also prepare for Pharaoh’s two dreams, which reveal the coming seasons of life and death that the nation would soon experience.

Genesis 40:1–23

Joseph did not lose faith in God’s promises, as evidenced by his readiness to interpret the dreams of two prisoners. He was still convinced that God’s revelation in his own two dreams (37:5–11) was true, and he had not abandoned hope that they would be fulfilled. When the fellow prisoners’ dreams were fulfilled exactly as Joseph said, this confirmed that his previous dreams were from God.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Symbolic Numbers Visions

Events

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Baker Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Butler Cup-Bearer Dreams Genesis, Book of Jacob Joseph Patriarchs, Period of the Prophecy

Topics

Basket: General Scriptures Concerning Bread: Kept in Baskets Dream: The Dreams of the Butler and Baker Dreams: Mentioned in Scripture of Pharaoh's Butler and Baker Egypt: Israel in Joseph Interprets the Chief Baker's and the Chief Butler's Joseph: Son of Jacob of the Two Prisoners