He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
Parallel Translations
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He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
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And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Genesis 40:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 40:13 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 you did when you were his cup bearer.
- Nehemiah 2:1 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. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership…
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again,.... Put him into the same office he was in before:
and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand; ministered to him in his office the same day, according to his dream and the interpretation of it: the Targum of Jonathan adds this as a reason of his being restored,"because he found that he was not in that counsel,''in which it was consulted to poison Pharaoh; see Gill on Gen 40:1.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 40:21. Calmet has observed, that, as Joseph was…
Gen 40:21. Calmet has observed, that, as Joseph was a type of Christ, so these two officers of Pharaoh point out the two thieves between whom he was crucified; our Lord pardoning the one and condemning the other, as Joseph predicted the butler’s restoration to his office, and the baker’s execution.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
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George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 21, 22. And he restored the chief butler…
Vers. 21, 22. And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh"s hand (literally, Set the cup upon Pharaoh"s psalm): but he (i.e. Pharaoh) hanged the chief baker (vide supra, ver. 19): as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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