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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: (40:16) 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 (40:17) And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days: (40:18) 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 (40:19) 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 (40:20) And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: (40:21) But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them (40:22) Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him
(40:23)
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