Génesis 40:16

16 Y viendo el principal de los panaderos que había declarado para bien, dijo a José: También yo soñaba que veía tres canastillos blancos sobre mi cabeza

Génesis 40:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:16

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good,
&c.] Meaning not that it was right and just, though it was; but that it was agreeable and pleasing, and portended good in the event; and therefore hoped a like interpretation would be given of his dream, and this encouraged him to tell it, which perhaps otherwise he would not have done: he said unto Joseph, I also [was] in a dream;
or had a dream, and in it things were represented to his mind as follows: and, behold, [I had] three white baskets on my head;
which were made of wicker, of rods that had the bark pulled off, and so were white; or which had holes in them, baskets wrought with holes, after the manner of network; though some think this denotes not the colour or form of the basket, but of the bread in them, and interpret the words, baskets of white bread, as Saadiah Gaon, and so the Targum of Jonathan, baskets of most pure bread, and the Targum of Jerusalem, baskets of hot bread; this dream was very agreeable to his office and business as a baker.

Génesis 40:16 In-Context

14 Por tanto te acordarás de mí dentro de ti cuando tuvieres bien, y te ruego que hagas conmigo misericordia, que hagas mención de mí al Faraón, y me saques de esta casa

15 porque he sido hurtado de la tierra de los hebreos; y tampoco he hecho nada aquí para que me pusieran en la cárcel

16 Y viendo el principal de los panaderos que había declarado para bien, dijo a José: También yo soñaba que veía tres canastillos blancos sobre mi cabeza

17 y en el canastillo más alto había de todas las viandas del Faraón, obra de panadero; y que las aves las comían del canastillo de sobre mi cabeza

18 Entonces respondió José, y dijo: Esta es su declaración: Los tres canastillos tres días son