40:20 On the third day it was Pharaoh’s birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He “lifted up” 3 the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.
1 tn Heb “a cubit.”
2 tn Heb “to a cubit you shall finish it from above.” The idea is that Noah was to leave an 18-inch opening from the top for a window for light.
3 tn 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 means “reinstate” (see v. 13), but with respect to the baker it means “decapitate” (see v. 19).