Study it in the app“When the chief of the bakers saw that he had interpreted well, he said to Joseph, “In my dream I too saw, and look, three baskets of white bread were on my head.”
When the chiefוַ שַׂרof the bakersהָאֹפִיםsawיַּרְאthatכִּיhe had interpretedפָּתָרwell,טוֹבhe saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Joseph,אֶל יוֹסֵף“In my dreamבַּחֲלוֹמִיIאֲנִיtoo saw,אַףand look,וְהִנֵּהthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהbasketsסַלֵּיof white breadחֹרִיwere on my head.עַל רֹאשִׁי
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsbake
Bake bread; as a noun, "baker".
Where else “ofim” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appearsinterpret
Interpret, explain the meaning of a dream.
Where else “patar” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsJoseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appearsdream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalomi” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearsbasket
Basket.
Where else “sale” appearswhite bread?
A word found only in Genesis 40:16: white bread, or wicker basket.
Where else “chori” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appears15For I was stolen away from the land of the Hebrews, and here too I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”
16 · This verse (above)
17In the top basket there was every kind of food for Pharaoh, the work of a baker, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
1. What it says
What did Joseph interpret for the two officials, and what happened to the cupbearer (vv. 12-23)?
2. What it means
What does Joseph say about himself when he says interpretations belong to Elohim (v. 8)?
3. How I live it
How can you serve others even in your own difficult times?
