English Standard Version
Genesis 40:19
19In 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."
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.”
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Three days from now Pharaoh will lift you up and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh.”
Context of Genesis 40:19
17and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head." 18And Joseph answered and said, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. 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." 20On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.
Read all of Genesis 40Genesis 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 three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh's cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer.
- Genesis 40:22But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
- Genesis 41:13And as he interpreted to us, so it came about. I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged."
- Deuteronomy 21:22"And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
- Joshua 8:29And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
- Joshua 10:26And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening.
- 2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord." And the king said, "I will give them."
- Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
- Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"—
- Genesis 40:17and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head."
- 1 Samuel 17:44The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field."
- 2 Samuel 21:10Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.
- Ezekiel 39:4You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
- Acts 20:27for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel 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
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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
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