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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 40, Verse 17

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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:
King James Version
And in the uppermost basket [there was] of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
American Standard Version
and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
New English Translation
In the top basket there were baked goods of every kind for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them from the basket that was on my head.”
World English Bible
In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."
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And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:
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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
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And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
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But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
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And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
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And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the [other] kine upon the brink of the river.
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And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.