John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 40:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And in the uppermost basket [there was] of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh, etc.] All sorts of pastry, as tarts, pies, etc. Josephus f1702 says, two of the baskets were full of bread, and the third had various sorts of food, such as is usually, prepared for kings: and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head; all the three baskets were upon his head, but this seems to be the uppermost, which the birds could more easily come at; though if the baskets were full of holes, they might through them peck the bread with their bills.

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