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Genesis 40:22

But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had explained to them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Dream;   Hanging;   Joseph;   Punishment;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hanging;   Nation, the;   Punishments;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prisons;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dream;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Creation;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Butler;   Genesis;   Hanging;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baker;   Butler;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cup-bearer;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Joseph;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
but he hanged the chief baker, as Yosef had interpreted to them.
King James Version
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Lexham English Bible
But the chief baker he hanged as Joseph had interpreted to them.
New Century Version
But the king hanged the baker on a pole. Everything happened just as Joseph had said it would,
New English Translation
but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted.
Amplified Bible
but Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted [the meaning of the dreams] to them.
New American Standard Bible
but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But he hanged the chiefe baker, as Ioseph had interpreted vnto them.
Legacy Standard Bible
but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Contemporary English Version
and had the cook put to death. Everything happened just as Joseph had said it would,
Complete Jewish Bible
But he hanged the chief baker, as Yosef had interpreted to them.
Darby Translation
And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Pharaoh hanged the baker, and everything happened the way Joseph said it would.
English Standard Version
But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
George Lamsa Translation
But he crucified the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Good News Translation
but he executed the chief baker. It all happened just as Joseph had said.
Literal Translation
And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph interpreted to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the chefe baker, he caused him be hanged like as Ioseph had interpretated vnto him.
American Standard Version
but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Bible in Basic English
But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But he hanged the chiefe baker, euen as Ioseph had interpreted vnto him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
King James Version (1611)
But he hanged the chiefe Baker, as Ioseph had interpreted to them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph, interpreted to them.
English Revised Version
but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Berean Standard Bible
But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted the dream to them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he hangide `the tothir in a gebat, that the treuthe of `the expownere schulde be preued.
Young's Literal Translation
and the chief of the bakers he hath hanged, as Joseph hath interpreted to them;
Update Bible Version
but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Webster's Bible Translation
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
World English Bible
but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
New King James Version
But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
New Living Translation
But Pharaoh impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had predicted when he interpreted his dream.
New Life Bible
But he killed the head bread-maker on a tree, just like Joseph had told them it would happen.
New Revised Standard
but the chief baker he hanged, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, the chief of the bakers, he hanged, - as, Joseph, had interpreted unto them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.
Revised Standard Version
but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Contextual Overview

20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He elevated the chief cupbearer and the chief baker among his servants. 21Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position as cupbearer, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. 22But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had explained to them. 23Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he hanged: Genesis 40:8, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 41:11-13, Genesis 41:16, Jeremiah 23:28, Daniel 2:19-23, Daniel 2:30, Daniel 5:12, Acts 5:30

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:6 - hang Esther 2:23 - hanged

Cross-References

Genesis 40:8
“We had dreams,” they said to him, “but there is no one to interpret them.”
Genesis 40:11
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
Genesis 40:13
In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.
Genesis 40:19
In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from off you—and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.”
Genesis 40:23
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
Genesis 41:16
“I am not able to,” Joseph answered Pharaoh. “It is God who will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has my word should speak my word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
Daniel 2:30
As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
Daniel 5:12
did this because Daniel, the one the king named Belteshazzar, was found to have an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and intelligence, and the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems. Therefore, summon Daniel, and he will give the interpretation.”
Acts 5:30
The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had murdered by hanging him on a tree.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he hanged the chief baker,.... The is, he ordered him to be hanged; because, as the same Targum says, he consulted to kill him (Pharaoh):

as Joseph had interpreted to them; the events as to both answered to the interpretation Joseph had given of their several dreams.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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 of the captain of the guards.” It appears that this officer’s establishment contained the keep in which Joseph and these criminals were confined. “Charged Joseph with them.” As Joseph was his slave, and these were state prisoners, he appointed him to wait upon them. It is probable that Joseph’s character had been somewhat re-established with him during his residence in the prison.

Genesis 40:5-8

These prisoners dream, “each according to the interpretation of his dream,” the imagery of which was suited to indicate his future state. They were sad - anxious to know the meaning of these impressive dreams. “Why are your forces bad today?” Joseph keeps up his character of frank composure. “Do not interpretations belong to God?” In his past history he had learned that dreams themselves come from God. And when he adds, “Tell them now to me,” he intimates that God would enable him to interpret their dreams. Here again he uses the general name of God, which was common to him with the pagan.

Genesis 40:9-15

The chief butler now recites his dream. “Pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup.” The imagery of the dream is not intended to intimate that Pharaoh drank only the fresh juice of the grape. It only expresses by a natural figure the source of wine, and possibly the duty of the chief butler to understand and superintend the whole process of its formation. Egypt was not only a corn, but a vine country. The interpretation of this dream was very obvious and natural; yet not without a divine intimation could it be known that the “three branches were three days.” Joseph, in the quiet confidence that his interpretation would prove correct, begs the chief butler to remember him and endeavor to procure his release. “Stolen, stolen was I.” He assures him that he was not a criminal, and that his enslavement was an act of wrongful violence - a robbery by the strong hand. “From the land of the Hebrews;” a very remarkable expression, as it strongly favors the presumption that the Hebrews inhabited the country before Kenaan took possession of it. “I have not done aught.” Joseph pleads innocence, and claims liberation, not as an unmerited favor, but as a right. “The pit.” The pit without water seems to have been the primitive place of confinement for culprits.

Genesis 40:16-19

The chief baker is encouraged by this interpretation to tell his dream. “I also.” He anticipates a favorable answer, from the remarkable likeness of the dreams. “On my head.” It appears from the monuments of Egypt that it was the custom for men to carry articles on their heads. “All manner of baked meats” were also characteristic of a corn country. “Lift up thy head from upon thee.” This part of the interpretation proves its divine origin. And hang thee - thy body, after being beheaded. This was a constant warning to all beholders.

Genesis 40:20-23

The interpretations prove correct. “The birthday of Pharaoh.” It is natural and proper for men to celebrate with thanksgiving the day of their birth, as life is a pure and positive blessing. The benign Creator gives only a happy and precious form of existence to those whom he endows with the capacity of estimating its value. A birthday feast cannot be without a chief butler and a chief baker, and hence, the fate of these criminals must be promptly decided. “Lifted up the head;” a phrase of double meaning. The chief butler remembers not Joseph. This is a case of frequent occurrence in this nether world. But there is One above who does not forget him. He will deliver him at the proper time.


 
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