Genesis 40:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

¹⁸“This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.^(A) ¹⁹Within three days^(B) Pharaoh will lift off your head^(C) and impale your body on a pole.^(D) And the birds will eat away your flesh.”^(E)

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Genesis 40:17-19

King James Version

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁸And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

¹⁹Yet 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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Genesis 40:17-19

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷and in the top basket there were some of all ^[a]kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.” ¹⁸Then Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days; ¹⁹within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a wooden post, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.”

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Genesis 40:17 Lit food for Pharaoh made by a baker

Genesis 40:17-19

New King James Version

¹⁷In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”

¹⁸So Joseph answered and said, ^(A)“This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days. ¹⁹^(B)Within three days Pharaoh will lift ^[a]off your head from you and ^(C)hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

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Genesis 40:19 Lit. up

Genesis 40:17-19

English Standard Version

¹⁷and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.” ¹⁸And Joseph answered and said, ^(A)“This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. ¹⁹^(B)In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and ^(C)hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.”