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Text -- Genesis 40:1-15 (NET)
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The Cupbearer and the Baker
40:1 After these things happened , the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master , the king of Egypt .
40:2 Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials , the cupbearer and the baker ,
40:3 so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined .
40:4 The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody .
40:5 Both of them , the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt , who were confined in the prison , had a dream the same night . Each man’s dream had its own meaning .
40:6 When Joseph came to them in the morning , he saw that they were looking depressed .
40:7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials , who were with him in custody in his master’s house , “Why do you look so sad today ?”
40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams , but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded , “Don’t interpretations belong to God ? Tell them to me.”
40:9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph : “In my dream , there was a vine in front of me.
40:10 On the vine there were three branches . As it budded , its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes .
40:11 Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand , so I took the grapes , squeezed them into his cup , and put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand .”
40:12 “This is its meaning ,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches represent three days .
40:13 In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office . You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand , just as you did before when you were cupbearer .
40:14 But remember me when it goes well for you, and show me kindness . Make mention of me to Pharaoh and bring me out of this prison ,
40:15 for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Butler |
Joseph |
Fortune |
Prisoners |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
JOSEPH (2) |
Baker |
Punishment |
REVELATION, 1-2 |
Cup-bearer |
Dream |
Cupbearer |
VINE |
Wine |
WARD |
NUMBER |
GUARD |
EUNUCH |
Hebrew |
Cup |
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NET Notes: Gen 40:1 The Hebrew verb translated offended here is the same one translated “sin” in 39:9. Perhaps there is an intended contrast between these off...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:2 The Hebrew word סָרִיס (saris), used here of these two men and of Potiphar (see 39:1), normally means “eunuc...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:6 The verb זָעַף (za’af) only occurs here and Dan 1:10. It means “to be sick, to be emaciated,” probably...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:8 The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Gen 40:9 The Hebrew text adds “and he said to him.” This has not been translated because it is redundant in English.
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NET Notes: Gen 40:11 The cupbearer’s dream is dominated by sets of three: three branches, three stages of growth, and three actions of the cupbearer.
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NET Notes: Gen 40:14 Heb “house.” The word “prison” has been substituted in the translation for clarity.
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