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Text -- Genesis 40:1-23 (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 .”
40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable , he said to Joseph , “I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head .
40:17 In the top basket there were baked goods of every kind for Pharaoh , but the birds were eating them from the basket that was on my head .”
40:18 Joseph replied , “This is its meaning : The three baskets represent three days .
40:19 In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole . Then the birds will eat your flesh from you.”
40:20 On the third day it was Pharaoh’s birthday , so he gave a feast for all his servants . He “lifted up” the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants .
40:21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand ,
40:22 but the chief baker he impaled , just as Joseph had predicted .
40:23 But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph – he forgot him.
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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 |
Punishment |
Prisoners |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
JOSEPH (2) |
Fortune |
Baker |
REVELATION, 1-2 |
Cup-bearer |
Dream |
Basket |
Cupbearer |
Hanging |
VINE |
CAPTAIN |
NUMBER |
Behead |
Birthday |
LIFT |
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NET Notes -> Gen 40:1; Gen 40:1; Gen 40:1; Gen 40:2; Gen 40:4; Gen 40:4; Gen 40:5; Gen 40:5; Gen 40:5; Gen 40:6; Gen 40:7; Gen 40:8; Gen 40:8; Gen 40:9; Gen 40:11; Gen 40:11; Gen 40:12; Gen 40:13; Gen 40:13; Gen 40:14; Gen 40:14; Gen 40:14; Gen 40:14; Gen 40:14; Gen 40:15; Gen 40:16; Gen 40:16; Gen 40:18; Gen 40:19; Gen 40:20; Gen 40:21; Gen 40:22; Gen 40:22; Gen 40:23
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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NET Notes: Gen 40:15 The verb גָּנַב (ganav) means “to steal,” but in the Piel/Pual stem “to steal away.” The i...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:16 Or “three wicker baskets.” The meaning of the Hebrew noun חֹרִי (khori, “white bread, cake”) is ...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:19 Heb “Pharaoh will lift up your head from upon you.” Joseph repeats the same expression from the first interpretation (see v. 13), but with...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:20 The translation puts the verb in quotation marks because it is used rhetorically here and has a double meaning. With respect to the cup bearer it mean...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:22 The dreams were fulfilled exactly as Joseph had predicted, down to the very detail. Here was confirmation that Joseph could interpret dreams and that ...
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