40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable,26 he said to Joseph, “I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread27 on my head.
tnHeb “that [the] interpretation [was] good.” The words “the first dream” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
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tn Or “three wicker baskets.” The meaning of the Hebrew noun חֹרִי (khori, “white bread, cake”) is uncertain; some have suggested the meaning “wicker” instead. Comparison with texts from Ebla suggests the meaning “pastries made with white flour” (M. Dahood, “Eblaite h̬a-rí and Genesis 40, 16 ḥōrî,” BN 13 [1980]: 14–16).