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Text -- Genesis 40:11-23 (NET)
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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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Butler |
Punishment |
Prisoners |
Joseph |
Fortune |
Baker |
Dream |
JOSEPH (2) |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
REVELATION, 1-2 |
Cup-bearer |
Basket |
Hanging |
NUMBER |
Wine |
LIFT |
Birthday |
Behead |
Cup |
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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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