Genesis 40:16
in Genesis 40When 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head:
KJV
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:
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This verse in Genesis 40
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Verse 16.) And it seemed to me that I was carrying three baskets of wheat on my head. For the three baskets of wheat, he has three measures of flour in Hebrew.
This site's exposition
the interpretation was favorable
on Genesis 40:16-17
Jamieson notes that birds were held sacred in Egypt and could not be killed, so a man who let them settle would feel the dread. Jerome records that where the Greek had three baskets of wheat, the Hebrew gives three measures of meal.
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The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥רְא | vaiyar' | and he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| שַׂר־ | sar- | [the] chief of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הָאֹפִ֖ים | haofim | the bakers | H644 → | 25 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| ט֣וֹב | tov | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| פָּתָ֑ר | patar | he had interpreted | H6622 → | 9 times |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יוֹסֵ֔ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| אַף־ | ʾaf- | also | H637 → | 134 times |
| אֲנִי֙ | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| בַּחֲלוֹמִ֔י | bachalomi | in dream my | H2472 → | 65 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֗ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| סַלֵּ֥י | salei | baskets of | H5536 → | 15 times |
| חֹרִ֖י | chori | white bread | H2751 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [were] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רֹאשִֽׁי׃ | roshi | head my | H7218 → | 599 times |
וַיַּ֥רְאand he saw
vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times
שַׂר־[the] chief of
sar-H8269 →421 times
הָאֹפִ֖יםthe bakers
haofimH644 →25 times
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
ט֣וֹבgood
tovH2896 →538 times
פָּתָ֑רhe had interpreted
patarH6622 →9 times
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יוֹסֵ֔ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
אַף־also
ʾaf-H637 →134 times
אֲנִי֙I
ʾaniH589 →874 times
בַּחֲלוֹמִ֔יin dream my
bachalomiH2472 →65 times
וְהִנֵּ֗הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֛הthree
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
סַלֵּ֥יbaskets of
saleiH5536 →15 times
חֹרִ֖יwhite bread
choriH2751 →
עַל־[were] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רֹאשִֽׁי׃head my
roshiH7218 →599 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).