16. The chief baker saw that the meaning Joseph had given to the cupbearer’s dream was good. So he said to Joseph, “I had a dream too. In my dream three baskets of white baked goods were on my head.
17. The top basket contained 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 replied. “The three baskets are three days.
19. In the next three days Pharaoh will cut off your head and hang your dead body on a pole. The birds will eat the flesh from your bones.”
20. Two days later, on his birthday, Pharaoh had a special dinner prepared for all his servants. Of all his servants he gave special attention to the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.