Genesis 40:16
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The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head:

the chief.

Genesis 40:1,2 After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord. . . .

white baskets.

Context
The Cupbearer and the Baker
15For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon. 16The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head:17And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.…
Cross References
Genesis 40:1
After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.

Genesis 40:15
For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

Genesis 40:17
And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.

Lexicon
When the chief
שַׂר־ (śar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

baker
הָאֹפִ֖ים (hā·’ō·p̄îm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 644: To cook, to bake

saw
וַיַּ֥רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

that
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the interpretation
פָּתָ֑ר (pā·ṯār)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6622: To open up, interpret

was favorable,
ט֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

he said
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Joseph,
יוֹסֵ֔ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

“I
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

too
אַף־ (’ap̄-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

had a dream:
בַּחֲלוֹמִ֔י (ba·ḥă·lō·w·mî)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2472: A dream

There were
וְהִנֵּ֗ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

three
שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה (šə·lō·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

baskets
סַלֵּ֥י (sal·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5536: A willow twig, an osier, as woven into a, basket

of white bread
חֹרִ֖י (ḥō·rî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2751: White (bread)

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my head.
רֹאשִֽׁי׃ (rō·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head


Additional Translations
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.When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

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:

And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food.

And when the chief of the bakers 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.

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:

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

When the chief 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 the chief of the bakers seeth that he hath interpreted good, and he saith unto Joseph, 'I also am in a dream, and lo, three baskets of white bread are on my head,
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