Genesis 40:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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:

Ver. 16. When the chief baker saw.] So when hypocrites hear good to be spoken, in the word, to God's children, they also listen, and fasten upon the comforts, as pertaining to them: they "receive the word with joy": Mat 13:20 they laugh, as men use to do in some merry dream; they catch at the deserts as children, and conclude with Haman, that they are the men whom the king means to honour. But when they must practise duty, or bear the cross, they depart "sad"; Mar 10:22 and Christ may keep his heaven to himself, if it be had on no other conditions.

Genesis 40:16

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: