Genesis 40
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Genesis 40:5-14

5Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation. 61When Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, 2behold, they were dejected. 7So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, “34Why are your faces so sad today?” 8And they said to him, “5We have 6had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “7Do interpretations not belong to God? Tell it to me, please.”

9So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, 8saying to him, “In my dream, 9behold, there was a vine in front of me; 10and on the vine were three branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes. 11Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh’s 10hand.” 12Then Joseph said to him, “This is the 11interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; 13within three more days Pharaoh will 12lift 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. 14Only 13keep me in mind when it goes well for you, and please 14do me a kindness 15by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this 16prison.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 40:6 Or And ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 40:6 Lit and behold ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 40:7 Lit saying, Why ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 40:7 Neh 2:2 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 40:8 Gen 41:15 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 40:8 Lit dreamed ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 40:8 Gen 41:16; Dan 2:27, 28 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 40:9 Lit and said ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 40:9 Lit and behold ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 40:11 Lit palm ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 40:12 Dan 2:36; 4:18, 19 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 40:13 I.e., a royal gesture of forgiveness ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 40:14 Lit remember me with yourself ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 40:14 Josh 2:12; 1 Sam 20:14; 1 Kin 2:7 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 40:14 Lit and mention ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 40:14 Lit house ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 40

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