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Genesis 40:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: "

Genesis 40:21

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19 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.

20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

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Related Verses

Genesis 40:13

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"Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler."

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Nehemiah 1:11

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"O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer."

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Nehemiah 2:1

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"And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence."

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Genesis 40:11

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"And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand."

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Genesis 41:10

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"Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:"

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Acts 7:10

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"And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house."

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Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY) and Bible Guided Semantic Search

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Genesis 40:1

"And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt."

Genesis 40:2

"And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers."

Genesis 40:3

"And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound."

Genesis 40:4

"And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward."

Genesis 40:5

"And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison."

Genesis 40:6

"And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad."

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