but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Genesis 40:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 40:19 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.”
- Genesis 40:8 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 to God? Please tell it to me.”
- Genesis 41:11-13 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 man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. He interpreted to each man according to his dream. As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
- Genesis 41:16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
- Jeremiah 23:28 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 wheat?” says Yahweh.
- Daniel 2:19-23 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 name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”
- Daniel 2:30 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 may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
- Daniel 5:12 because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
- Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 40:22 But he hanged the chief baker: as…
Gen 40:22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Ver. 22. But he hanged the chief baker.] God’s menaces, as well as promises, will have their accomplishment. Vengeance is "in readiness" for the rebellious. {2Co 10:6} Every whit as ready in God’s hand, as in the minister’s mouth.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But he hanged the chief baker,.... The is, he…
But he hanged the chief baker,.... The is, he ordered him to be hanged; because, as the same Targum says, he consulted to kill him (Pharaoh):
as Joseph had interpreted to them; the events as to both answered to the interpretation Joseph had given of their several dreams.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain That, &c. Thus was verified the prediction of Joseph.…
That, &c. Thus was verified the prediction of Joseph. (Menochius)
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).