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

17and in the top basket there were some of all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.” 18Then Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days; within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a wooden post, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.” 20So it came about on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he held a feast for all his servants; and he 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 office, and he put the cup into 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

• within threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• moreעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• will liftנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• your headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• from you and will hangתָּלָהtâlâh · to hangH8518
• you on a woodenעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• and the birdsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• will eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• your fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• offמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• offעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for Genesis 40:19

• Genesis 40:13within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office; and you will put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand as in your former practice when you were his cupbearer.
• Genesis 40:22but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.
• Genesis 41:13And just as he interpreted for us, so it happened; Pharaoh restored me in my office, but he hanged the chief baker.”
• Deuteronomy 21:22“Now if a person has committed a sin carrying a sentence of 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; but at sunset Joshua gave the command and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and erected over it a large heap of stones that stands to this day.
• Joshua 10:26So afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees; and they were hung on the trees until evening.
• 2 Samuel 21:6let seven men from his sons be given to us, and we will hang them before the Lord in 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 a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.
• Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”--
• Genesis 40:17and in the top basket there were some of all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
• 1 Samuel 17:44The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals.”
• 2 Samuel 21:10And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the wild animals by night.
• Ezekiel 39:4You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops, and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and animal of the field.
• Acts 20:27For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose 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