Three Baskets on the Head and the Four Kingdoms

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 147:3

"And behold, three baskets of white bread on my head." These are the first three kingdoms. "And in the uppermost basket" — this is the fourth kingdom, which conscripts forced recruits from all the nations of the world. "And the bird ate them" — once it had eaten the uppermost, afterward it ate the lower one. He said to him: you brought me bad tidings, so I too bring you bad tidings; in three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from upon you and hang you on a tree. (Genesis 40:20) "And it came to pass on the third day, the birthday of Pharaoh" — the day of his birth celebration. (Genesis 40:23) "And the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, and he forgot him." Every day he would set conditions, and an angel would come and overturn them; he would tie knots, and an angel would come and untie them. The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: you forgot him, but I have not forgotten him.

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