Verses 16-17
(16, 17) Three white baskets.—Rashi explains the phrase of baskets of wicker-work, but most commentators agree in rendering it “baskets of white bread.” The “bakemeats” were all preparations of pastry and confectionery, as throughout the Bible meat does not mean flesh, but food. (Comp. Luke 24:41; John 21:5.)
On my head.—The Egyptian men carried Burdens on their heads; the women on their shoulders (Herod. ii. 35).
Bakemeats.—Heb., All sorts of work for Pharaoh the work of a baker.
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