Genesis 40:16,17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

‘When the head baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream and behold three baskets of white bread were on my head, and in the top basket there were all manner of baked foods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.” '

Again we have a summary of the dream. At such times men tend to be verbose. But the central point was that bread and food meant for Pharaoh was eaten by birds.

Genesis 40:16-17

16 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 whitec baskets on my head:

17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeatsd for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.