Berean Standard Bible

Genesis 40:20-23

20וַיְהִ֣י׀vay.HiH1961On the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117,which was Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547birthdayי֚וֹם הֻלֶּ֣דֶתYom hu.Le.detH3117 H3205אֶת־'et-H853,he heldוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213a feastמִשְׁתֶּ֖הmish.TehH4960for allלְכָל־le.kholH3605his officialsעֲבָדָ֑יו'a.va.DavH5650,and inבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432their presenceעֲבָדָֽיו׃'a.va.DavH5650he lifted upוַיִּשָּׂ֞אvai.yi.Sa'H5375אֶת־'et-H853the headsרֹ֣אשׁ׀roshH7218of the chiefשַׂ֣רsarH8269cupbearerהַמַּשְׁקִ֗יםha.mash.KimH4945וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853רֹ֛אשׁroshH7218and the chiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269bakerהָאֹפִ֖יםha.'o.FimH644.

21Pharaoh restoredוַיָּ֛שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725אֶת־'et-H853the chiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269cupbearerהַמַּשְׁקִ֖יםha.mash.KimH4945toעַל־'al-H5921his positionמַשְׁקֵ֑הוּmash.Ke.huH4945,so that he once again placedוַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.TenH5414the cupהַכּ֖וֹסha.KosH3563inעַל־'al-H5921Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547handכַּ֥ףkafH3709.

22Butוְאֵ֛תve.'EtH853Pharaoh hangedתָּלָ֑הta.LahH8518the chiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269bakerהָאֹפִ֖יםha.'o.FimH644,just asכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.SherH834Josephיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130had describedפָּתַ֛רpa.TarH6622to them in his interpretation.

23The chiefשַֽׂר־sar-H8269cupbearerהַמַּשְׁקִ֛יםha.mash.KimH4945אֶת־'et-H853,however, did notוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808rememberזָכַ֧רza.KharH2142Josephיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130;he forgot all about himוַיִּשְׁכָּחֵֽהוּ׃ פvai.yish.ka.Che.huH7911.

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