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    Genesis 40

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    At Pharaoh’s birthday feast, “lifting up the heads” proves to be a phrase with two violently different endings: one official is restored, and the other is hanged.

    Two dreams in the same prisonvv. 1–19

    The king’s cupbearer and baker offend Pharaoh and arrive in the prison where Joseph is confined, placed under Joseph’s care by the captain of the guard. One night they dream, each dream carrying its own meaning, and Joseph finds them “distraught” in the morning. He invites the dreams, on the sound principle that interpretations belong to God. The cupbearer’s vine, three branches, and Pharaoh’s cup promise restoration within three days; Joseph, sensibly enough, adds a request that he be remembered. The baker, seeing that the first interpretation was favorable, presents three baskets of bread—and receives a prediction involving a tree and birds. The dream consultation has become a most hazardous queue.

    The birthday feast and the forgotten manvv. 20–23

    On the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday supplies the appointed feast and the appointed verdict. He lifts up the heads of both officials, restoring the cupbearer to his post and hanging the baker exactly as Joseph had said. The cup returns to Pharaoh’s hand; Joseph’s name does not return to Pharaoh’s ear. The chief cupbearer, having been asked to remember, forgets all about him—a tiny administrative detail with the weight of a prison door.

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    1. Gen 40:1Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

    2. Gen 40:2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

    3. Gen 40:3and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

    4. Gen 40:4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

    5. Gen 40:5both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

    6. Gen 40:6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.

    7. Gen 40:7So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

    8. Gen 40:8“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

    9. Gen 40:9So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,

    10. Gen 40:10and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

    11. Gen 40:11Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”

    12. Gen 40:12Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.

    13. Gen 40:13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

    14. Gen 40:14But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

    15. Gen 40:15For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

    16. Gen 40:16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

    17. Gen 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.”

    18. Gen 40:18Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

    19. Gen 40:19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

    20. Gen 40:20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

    21. Gen 40:21Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

    22. Gen 40:22But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

    23. Gen 40:23The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

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    • 8Daniel 2:47The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
    • 2Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
    • 8Genesis 41:15–16Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
    • 11Nehemiah 1:11–1O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
    • 21Genesis 40:13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
    • 3Genesis 39:20So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
    • 7Nehemiah 2:2so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
    • 8Daniel 2:28But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
    • 12Judges 7:14His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
    • 12Genesis 41:12Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
    • 14Joshua 2:12Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
    • 18Genesis 40:12Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
    • 20Matthew 14:6On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
    • 20Genesis 40:19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
    • 112 Chronicles 9:4the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, the attire of his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
    • 111 Kings 10:5the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

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