Genesis 40:19

Genesis 40:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

Context of Genesis 40:19

17In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.” 18“This is its interpretation,” Joseph replied. “The three baskets are three days. In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head — from off you — and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.” 20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He elevated the chief cupbearer and the chief baker among his servants. 21Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position as cupbearer, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

Genesis 40:19 word by word

בְּע֣וֹד׀ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים יִשָּׂ֨א פַרְעֹ֤ה אֶת־רֹֽאשְׁךָ֙ מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָ וְתָלָ֥ה אוֹתְךָ֖ עַל־עֵ֑ץ וְאָכַ֥ל הָע֛וֹף אֶת־בְּשָׂרְךָ֖ מֵעָלֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet within threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shall Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• thy headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• from off thee, and shall hangתָּלָהtâlâh · to hangH8518
• thee on a treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• and the birdsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• thy fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320

Cross-references for Genesis 40:19

• Genesis 40:13In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.
• Genesis 40:22But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had explained to them.
• Genesis 41:13It turned out just the way he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
• Deuteronomy 21:22“If anyone is found guilty of an offense deserving the death penalty and is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
• Joshua 8:29He hung the body of the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which still remains today.
• Joshua 10:26After this, Joshua struck them down and executed them. He hung their bodies on five trees and they were there until evening.
• 2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us so we may hang them in the presence of the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the Lord’s chosen.” The king answered, “I will hand them over.”
• Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.
• Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.
• Genesis 40:17In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
• 1 Samuel 17:44“Come here,” the Philistine called to David, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts!”
• 2 Samuel 21:10Rizpah, Aiah’s daughter, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock from the beginning of the harvest until the rain poured down from heaven on the bodies. She kept the birds of the sky from them by day and the wild animals by night.
• Ezekiel 39:4You, all your troops, and the peoples who are with you will fall on the mountains of Israel. I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and to the wild animals.
• Acts 20:27because I did not avoid declaring to you the whole plan of God.

Commentaries on Genesis 40:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Lift 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 Lamentations 5:12.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-23Verses 1-23 - Joseph in Prison An uncomplaining patience and an unhesitating hopefulness keep the breast of Joseph in calm tranquillity. There is a God above, and that God is with him. His soul swerves not from this feeling. Meanwhile, new and distinguished prisoners are introduced into his place of confinement. Genesis 40:1-4 The chief butler and chief baker, high officials in Pharaoh‘s court, come under the displeasure of their sovereign. “In the house…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-19Joseph listened to the dreams and gave their interpretations. These dreams were not trivial. They were serious warnings from God about what everyone would soon face. These two dreams also prepare for Pharaoh’s two dreams, which reveal the coming seasons of life and death that the nation would soon experience.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-1918-19. Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation--The purport was that in three days his execution should be ordered. The language of Joseph describes minutely one form of capital punishment that prevailed in Egypt; namely, that the criminal was decapitated and then his headless body gibbeted on a tree by the highway till it was gradually devoured by the ravenous birds.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 40:19

• Dream
• Hanging
• Joseph

In the dictionaries

• Pharaoh
• Pharaoh, king of Egypt
• Behead
• Cupbearer
• Feast
• Gallows
• Lift
• Lord
• Press
• Restore

Commentaries on Genesis 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings