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Genesis 40:19-22

19Yet within threeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִ֗יםya.MimH3117shall Pharaohפַרְעֹ֤הfar.'OhH6547lift upיִשָּׂ֨אyi.Sa'H5375thy headרֹֽאשְׁךָ֙ro.she.KhaH7218from off thee, and shall hangוְתָלָ֥הve.ta.LahH8518thee on a treeעֵ֑ץ'EtzH6086;and the birdsהָע֛וֹףha.'ofH5775shall eatוְאָכַ֥לve.'a.KhalH398thy fleshבְּשָׂרְךָ֖be.sa.re.KhaH1320from off thee.

20And it came to pass the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, which wasPharaoh’sפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547birthdayי֚וֹם הֻלֶּ֣דֶתYom hu.Le.detH3205 H3117,that he madeוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213a feastמִשְׁתֶּ֖הmish.TehH4960unto all his servantsעֲבָדָ֑יו'a.va.DavH5650:and he lifted upוַיִּשָּׂ֞אvai.yi.Sa'H5375the headH7218of the chiefשַׂ֣רsarH8269butlerH8248and of the chiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269bakerהָאֹפִ֖יםha.'o.FimH644amongבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432his servantsעֲבָדָֽיו׃'a.va.DavH5650.

21And he restoredH7725the chiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269butlerH8248unto his butlershipH4945againH7725;and he gaveוַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.TenH5414the cupהַכּ֖וֹסha.KosH3563into Pharaoh’sפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547handכַּ֥ףkafH3709:

22But he hangedתָּלָ֑הta.LahH8518the chiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269bakerהָאֹפִ֖יםha.'o.FimH644:as Josephיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130had interpretedפָּתַ֛רpa.TarH6622to them.

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