Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.” On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand; but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days. Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.” On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand; but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.
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Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.'
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Cross-references (37)
- Genesis 40:13 (vv19–21) Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, the way…
- Genesis 40:19 (vv20, 22) Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from…
- Matthew 14:6 (v20) But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
- Nehemiah 2:1 (v21) In the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, I picked up the wine, and gave it to the king.…
- Mark 6:21 (v20) Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
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- Genesis 21:8 (v20) The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
- Genesis 40:22 (v19) but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
- 2 Kings 25:27 (v20) In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month,…
- Esther 1:3 (v20) in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes…
- Job 3:1 (v20) After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
- Matthew 18:23-25 (v20) Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. When he had begun to reconcile,…
- Genesis 40:8 (v22) They said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong…
- Genesis 40:17 (v19) In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
- Genesis 41:11-13 (v22) We dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each man dreamed according to the interpretation of his dream. There was with us there a young…
- Genesis 41:13 (v19) As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
- Genesis 41:16 (v22) Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
- Deuteronomy 21:22-23 (v19) If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on…
- Joshua 8:29 (v19) He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening. At sundown, Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it…
- Joshua 10:26 (v19) Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
- 1 Samuel 17:44 (v19) The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.”
- 1 Samuel 17:46 (v19) Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of…
- 2 Samuel 21:6 (v19) let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh.” The king said,…
- 2 Samuel 21:10 (v19) Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them…
- Proverbs 30:17 (v19) “The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall…
- Jeremiah 23:28 (v22) The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the…
- Ezekiel 39:4 (v19) You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to the ravenous birds…
- Daniel 2:19-23 (v22) Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Daniel answered, “Blessed be the…
- Daniel 2:30 (v22) But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation…
- Daniel 5:12 (v22) because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were…
- Matthew 25:19 (v20) “Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
- Luke 16:1-2 (v20) He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his…
- Acts 5:30 (v22) The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Acts 20:27 (v19) for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
- Galatians 3:13 (v19) Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On v19 19. Pharaoh shall lift up thy head from off…
19. Pharaoh shall lift up thy head from off thee. This phrase (in the original) is ambiguous without some addition; and may be taken in a good or a bad sense; just as we say, “With regard to any one,” or “With respect to him;” here the expression is added “from thee.” Yet there seems to be an allusion of this kind, as if Joseph had said, “Pharaoh will lift up thy head, that he may take it off.” Now, when Moses relates, that what Joseph had predicted happened to both of them, he proves by this sign that Joseph was a true prophet of God, as it is written in Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 28:9.) For that the prophets sometimes threatened punishments, which God abstained from inflicting, was done for this reason, because to such prophecies a condition was annexed. But when the Lord speaks positively by his servants, it is necessary that whatever he predicts should be confirmed by the result. Therefore, Moses expressly commends in Joseph, his confidence in the heavenly oracle. With regard to what Moses records, that Pharaoh celebrated his birthday by a great feast, we know that this custom has always been in use, not only among kings, but also among plebeian men. Nor is the custom to be condemned, if only men would keep the right end in view; namely, that of giving thanks unto God by whom they were created and brought up, and whom they have found, in innumerable ways, to be a beneficent Father. But such is the depravity of the world, that it greatly distorts those things which formerly were honestly instituted by their fathers, into contrary corruptions. Thus, by a vicious practice, it has become common for nearly all to abandon themselves to luxury and wantonness on their birthday. In short, they keep up the memory of God, as the Author of their life, in such a manner as if it were their set purpose to forget Him.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v20 Which was an occasion to appoint his officers, and…
Which was an occasion to appoint his officers, and so to examine them that were in prison.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv19, 20, 22 Gen 40:19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift…
Gen 40:19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Ver. 19. And shall hang thee on a tree, &c.] This was cold comfort to the baker: so shall the last judgment be to the ungodly; when the saints, as the butler, shall lift up their heads with joy. But what a sweet providence of God was this, that the butler should first relate his dream, and receive his interpretation, as good as he could wish! Had the baker begun, the butler would have been disheartened, and hindered, perhaps, from declaring his dream. And then, where had Joseph’s hopes been of deliverance by the butler? How could he have had that opportunity of setting forth his innocency, and requesting the butler’s favour, and good word to Pharaoh for his freedom? {a} See how all things work together for good to them that love God.
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The birds shall eat thy flesh.] Those that were hanged among the Jews were taken down. {Deu 21:23} Not so among the Gentiles. A sore judgment of God threatened, in a special manner, against those that despise parents {b} {Pro 30:17} and fulfilled in Absalom. Abslon Marte furens, pensilis arbore obit. Gretser, the Jesuit, to show his wit, calls that tree, a cross; and makes it a manifest figure of the cross of Christ. Sed o mirum et delirum figurativae crueis fabrum! Our Lord indeed died upon the cross, and that with a curse. But that Absalom should, in that behalf, be a type of him, is a new Jesuitical invention. Some say, that in honour of Christ crucified, Constantine the Great abolished that kind of death throughout the empire.
{a} Piscator.
{b} Effossos oculos voret atro gutture corvus. - Catull., De Cruce., lib. i. cap. 6.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv19–20 From off thee. This clause is industriously added here…
From off thee. This clause is industriously added here to the former phrase, to show that it was now meant in another sense. He shall indeed lift up thy head, as well as the chief butler’s, but in another manner, not for time, but
from thee, or so as to take away thy head or thy life (which eminently consists and appears in the head) from thee.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On v20 Here is, 1. The verifying of Joseph's interpretation of…
Here is, 1. The verifying of Joseph's interpretation of the dreams, on the very day prefixed. The chief butler and baker were both advanced, one to his office, the other to the gallows, and both at the three days' end. Note, Very great changes, both for the better and for the worse, often happen in a very little time, so sudden are the revolutions of the wheel of nature. The occasion of giving judgement severally upon their case was the solemnizing of Pharaoh's birthday, on which, all his servants being obliged by custom to attend him, these two came to be enquired after, and the cause of their commitment looked into. The solemnizing of the birthday of princes has been an ancient piece of respect done them; and if it be not abused, as Jeroboam's was (Hos 7:5), and Herod's (Mar 6:21), is a usage innocent enough: and we may all profitably take notice of our birthdays, with thankfulness for the mercies of our birth, sorrow for the sinfulness of it, and an expectation of the day of our death as better than the day of our birth. On Pharaoh's birthday he lifted up the head of these two prisoners, that is, arraigned and tried them (when Naboth was tried he was set on high among the people, Kg1 21:9), and he restored the chief butler, and hanged the chief baker. If the butler was innocent and the baker guilty, we must own the equity of Providence in clearing up the innocency of the innocent, and making the sin of the guilty to find him out. If both were either equally innocent or equally guilty, it is an instance of the arbitrariness of such great princes as pride themselves in that power which Nebuchadnezzar set up for (Dan 5:19, whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive), forgetting that there is a higher than they, to whom they are accountable. 2. The disappointing of Joseph's expectation from the chief butler: He remembered not Joseph, but forgot him, Gen 40:23. (1.) See here an instance of base ingratitude; Joseph had deserved well at his hands, had ministered to him, sympathized with him, helped him to a favourable interpretation of his dream, had recommended himself to him as an extraordinary person upon all accounts; and yet he forgot him. We must not think it strange if in this world we have hatred shown us for our love, and slights for our respects. (2.) See how apt those that are themselves at ease are to forget others in distress. Perhaps it is in allusion to this story that the prophet speaks of those that drink wine in bowls, and are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph, Amo 6:6. Let us learn hence to cease from man. Joseph perhaps depended too much upon his interest in the chief butler, and promised himself too much from him; he learned by his disappointment to trust in God only. We cannot expect too little from man nor too much from God.
Some observe the resemblance between Joseph and Christ in this story. Joseph's fellow-sufferers were like the two thieves that were crucified with Christ - the one saved, the other condemned. (It is Dr. Lightfoot's remark, from Mr. Broughton.) One of these, when Joseph said to him, Remember me when it shall be well with thee, forget him; but one of those, when he said to Christ, Remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom, was not forgotten. We justly blame the chief butler's ingratitude to Joseph, yet we conduct ourselves much more disingenuously towards the Lord Jesus. Joseph had but foretold the chief butler's enlargement, but Christ wrought out ours, mediated with the King of kings for us; yet we forget him, though often reminded of him, though we have promised never to forget him: thus ill do we requite him, like foolish people and unwise.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv19–22 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine…
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head from off thee,.... Order thee to be beheaded; so the Targum of Jonathan and Ben Melech interpret it,"Pharaoh shall remove thy head from thy body with a sword:"
and shall hang thee on a tree; his body after his head was severed from it, this should be hung upon a gallows or gibbet, and there continue:
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and the birds shall eat the flesh from off thee; as they usually do when bodies are thus hung up, see Sa2 21:9; this was signified by the birds eating the bakemeats out of the uppermost basket when upon his head, as it seemed to him in his dream.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v20 He lifted up the head of these two prisoners-That…
He lifted up the head of these two prisoners-That is, arraigned and tried them; and he restored the chief butler, and hanged the chief baker.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv19–20 Verse 19. Lift up thy head from off thee]…
Verse 19. Lift up thy head from off thee] Thus we find that beheading, hanging, and gibbeting, were modes of punishment among the ancient Egyptians; but the criminal was beheaded before he was hanged, and then either hanged on hooks, or by the hands. See La 5:12.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv20–21 Gen 40:20. He lifted up the head — Of…
Gen 40:20. He lifted up the head — Of these servants; took an account of them, examined their cases, and, either according to the merit of their cause, or through caprice, disposed of them as is here mentioned.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv19–22 From thee, by decapitation. This was customary, when a…
From thee, by decapitation. This was customary, when a person’s body was to be hung on the cross or gibbet. (Deuteronomy xxi. 22; Josue x. 26; Lamentations v. 12; 1 Kings xxxi. 10.) --- Birds. So Horace says, pasces in cruce corvos.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v20 it came to pass the third day, which was…
it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday--This was a holiday season, celebrated at court with great magnificence and honored by a free pardon to prisoners. Accordingly, the issue happened to the butler and baker, as Joseph had foretold. Doubtless, he felt it painful to communicate such dismal tidings to the baker; but he could not help announcing what God had revealed to him; and it was for the honor of the true God that he should speak plainly.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v19 19. Lift up thy head from off thee —…
19. Lift up thy head from off thee — A peculiar play on words; but the addition, from off thee, gives the sense as distinguished from that in Gen_40:13. The victim was first beheaded, and afterwards hung, or impaled.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv19–20 19. lift up thy head from off thee] Joseph,…
19. lift up thy head from off thee] Joseph, by a use of the same phrase as in Gen_40:13, introduces the sudden unfavourable interpretation: “from off thee” shews that it means here “decapitation,” not (see note on Gen_40:13) “he will release thee from imprisonment, in order to be executed.” For the word-play, which uses the same word in two senses, cf. Gen_27:39.
hang thee on a tree] The decapitated corpse of the malefactor would be impaled, and allowed to hang exposed to public view, and to become the prey of wild animals and obscene birds. This picture was terrible to the Egyptian mind, which attached great value to preservation of the body as the ultimate medium of the soul’s (= ḳa) existence. For “hanging,” see Jos_10:26; 2Sa_4:12; 2Sa_21:9-10.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv19–20 (19) Shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off…
(19) Shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee.—In Gen_40:13 the lifting up of the butler’s head meant his elevation to his former rank. Here there is the significant addition “from off thee,” implying that he would be beheaded, and his body publicly exposed to ignominy.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv20–21 And it came to pass (literally, and it was,…
And it came to pass (literally, and it was, as Joseph had predicted) the third day (literally, in, or on, the third day), which was Pharaoh"s birthday, literally, the day of Pharaohs being born, the inf. hophal being construed with an accusative (vide Gesenius, "Grammar," 143)that he made a feast a mishteh, i.e. a drinking or banquet (Gen_19:3) unto all his servants . "The birthdays of the kings of Egypt were considered holy, and were celebrated with great joy and rejoicing. All business was suspended, and the people generally took part in the festivities" (Thoruley Smith, "Joseph and his Times," p. 62; vide Herod., 1:133: JHmerhn deWn malista ejkeinhn timan nomizousi th ekastov ejgeneto; and cf. (Mat_14:6; Mar_6:21) And he lifted up the head here the one phrase applies equally, though in different senses, to both. A similar expression occurs in the annals of Assur-nasir-pal (Sardanapalus), column 2. line 43: "Their heads on the high places of the mountain I lifted up" ("Records of the Past," vol. 3. p. 54)of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants literally, in their midst, as a public example.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v20 The third day, which was Pharaohs birthday
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The third day, which was Pharaohs birthday
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Birthdays
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WE SHOULD MAKE IT A DAY OF THANKSGIVING. The birth of a human soul is a wondrous miracle, and for weal or woe is an event which will be felt through all eternity. Surely, such is a special season of praise. And thanksgiving is mainly united to joy. Pharaoh rejoiced and instituted a feast. We can show our thanksgiving in no better way than in a practical method of doing good to our fellows and dependents, and causing them to rejoice with us.
II. WE SHOULD MAKE IT A DAY OF RECTIFICATION. Pharaoh, with his little light, did so. The chief butler had been falsely accused, and the chief baker justly. The one he restored to his proper position, and the other was put to death. We all of us make mistakes, we form many harsh judgments, we misinterpret the feelings and actions of others, we shape our course wrongly. Surely, it is well then to make reparation for the past, and to put our lives on a new footing, and to make this part straight.
III. WE SHOULD MAKE IT A TIME FOR HUMILIATION AND PRAYER. It is true that God made us, but what have our lives been worth? What have they been worth to Him? Have we fulfilled the glorious objects for which we are created? And this humiliation should lead to prayer--prayer for Divine guidance and help, prayer for forgiveness and pardon.
IV. WE SHOULD MAKE IT A DAY OF REFLECTION AND RESOLUTION. There is a time to be born, says the wise man, but There is also a time to die. The one must necessarily remind us of the other. The season is indeed full of solemn thoughts. Can we bless the day we were born, or is it to us only the beginning of a long and terrible curse? (Homilist.)
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v20 The Dreams come true
The Dreams come true
v. 20. And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants, it being the custom of the ancient kings to celebrate these occasions with a great show of pomp; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants, he caused them both to be fetched out of the prison, but his object in doing so differed widely.
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v. 21. And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand, he was reinstated in his former office;
v. 22. but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
v. 23. Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. In the happiness attending his deliverance from prison he forgot the humble Hebrew of the prison, for such is the way of the world. Also in this story Joseph is a type of Christ, who, like the Hebrew young man of old, was reckoned with the transgressors and had to go down into the greatest depths of disgrace and humility.
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It came about on the third day that
"Afterward, on the third day." The phrase "it came about" is used here to mark a new event in the story. (See: Introduction of a New Event)
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He made a feast
"He had a feast"
the chief of the cupbearers
This was the leading person who prepared and served drinks to the king. See how these were translated in Genesis 40:2.
the chief of the bakers
This refers to the leading person who made food for the king. See how this was translated in Genesis 40:2.
He restored the chief of the cupbearers to his responsibility
The chief of the cupbearer's "responsibility" refers to his job as chief of the cupbearers. AT: "He gave the chief of the cupbearers his job back" (See: Metonymy)
But he hanged the chief of the bakers
Pharaoh did not personally hang the baker, rather he commanded for him to be hanged. AT: "But he commanded for the chief of the bakers to be hanged" or "But he commanded his guards to hang the chief of the bakers" (See: Metonymy)
just as Joseph had interpreted to them
This refers to when Joseph interpreted their dreams. AT: "just as Joseph had said would happen when he interpreted the two men's dreams" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v20 40:20-22 The interpretations Joseph gave the prisoners proved true.…
40:20-22 The interpretations Joseph gave the prisoners proved true. The death of the chief baker speaks of the harsh realities of life in ancient Egypt, with a king whose word was his land’s highest law.
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