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Genesis 40:19
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Within three more days, Par`oh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."
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.
In three days Pharaoh will lift your head from you and hang you on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh from you."
Before the end of three days, the king will cut off your head! He will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh."
In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you."
within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head and will hang you on a tree (gallows, pole), and [you will not so much as be given a burial, but] the birds will eat your flesh."
within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a wooden post, and the birds will eat your flesh off you."
Within three dayes shall Pharaoh take thine head from thee, & shal hang thee on a tree, and the birdes shall eate thy flesh from off thee.
within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head off of you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off of you."
and in three days the king will cut off your head. He will hang your body on a pole, and birds will come and peck at it.
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from off of you — he will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you."
In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.
In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you."
After three days Pharaoh shall have you beheaded, and then shall crucify you on a tree, and the birds of prey shall eat your flesh from off you.
In three days the king will release you—and have your head cut off! Then he will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh."
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.”
Yet within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.
and after thre dayes shall Pharao take the, and hange the vpon the galowe, and the foules shal eate thy flesh from of ye.
within yet 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.
After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.
For within three dayes shall Pharao take thy head from thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birdes shall eate thy fleshe from of thee.
within yet 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.'
Yet within three dayes shall Pharaoh lift vp thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eate thy flesh from off thee.
Yet three days, and Pharao shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
within yet 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.
Within three days Pharaoh will lift your head off of you and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body."
aftir whiche Farao schal take awei thin heed, and he schal hange thee in a cros, and briddis schulen todrawe thi fleischis.
yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.'
within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree; and the birds shall eat your flesh from off you.
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.
Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you."
Three days from now Pharaoh will lift you up and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh."
Within three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and put your body up on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you."
within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a pole; and the birds will eat the flesh from you."
In three days more, will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee upon a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.
within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head--from you! --and hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat the flesh from you."
within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
within: Genesis 40:13
lift up thy head from off thee: or, reckon thee and take thy office from thee
hang thee: Genesis 40:22, Genesis 41:13, Deuteronomy 21:22, Deuteronomy 21:23, Joshua 8:29, Joshua 10:26, 2 Samuel 21:6, Proverbs 30:17, Galatians 3:13
and the birds: Genesis 40:17, 1 Samuel 17:44, 1 Samuel 17:46, 2 Samuel 21:10, Ezekiel 39:4, Acts 20:27
Reciprocal: Genesis 40:20 - third day Esther 2:23 - hanged Esther 6:13 - If Mordecai
Cross-References
Before the end of three days, Pharaoh will forgive you and allow you to go back to your work. You will do the same work for Pharaoh as you did before.
In the top basket there were all kinds of baked food for the king, but birds were eating this food."
But Pharaoh hanged the baker, and everything happened the way Joseph said it would.
But the wine server did not remember to help Joseph. He said nothing about him to Pharaoh. The wine server forgot about Joseph.
and what he said came true. He said I would be free and have my old job back, and it happened. He also said the baker would die, and it happened!"
Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left him hanging there until evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king's body down from the tree. They threw his body down at the city gate. Then they covered the body with many rocks. That pile of rocks is still there today.
Then Joshua killed the five kings and hanged their bodies on five trees. He left them hanging in the trees until evening.
He said to David, "Come here, and I'll feed your body to the birds and wild animals."
Today the Lord will let me defeat you. I will kill you. I will cut off your head and feed your body to the birds and wild animals. And we will do the same thing to all the other Philistines too. Then all the world will know there is a God in Israel.
Give us seven of Saul's sons. Saul was the Lord 's chosen king, so we will hang his sons in front of the Lord on Mount Gibeah of Saul." King David said, "All right, I will give them to you."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head from off thee,.... Order thee to be beheaded; so the Targum of Jonathan and Ben Melech interpret it,
"Pharaoh shall remove thy head from thy body with a sword:''
and shall hang thee on a tree; his body after his head was severed from it, this should be hung upon a gallows or gibbet, and there continue:
and the birds shall eat the flesh from off thee; as they usually do when bodies are thus hung up, see 2 Samuel 21:9; this was signified by the birds eating the bakemeats out of the uppermost basket when upon his head, as it seemed to him in his dream.
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 Pharaohâs court, come under the displeasure of their sovereign. âIn the house of the captain of the guards.â It appears that this officerâs establishment contained the keep in which Joseph and these criminals were confined. âCharged Joseph with them.â As Joseph was his slave, and these were state prisoners, he appointed him to wait upon them. It is probable that Josephâs character had been somewhat re-established with him during his residence in the prison.
Genesis 40:5-8
These prisoners dream, âeach according to the interpretation of his dream,â the imagery of which was suited to indicate his future state. They were sad - anxious to know the meaning of these impressive dreams. âWhy are your forces bad today?â Joseph keeps up his character of frank composure. âDo not interpretations belong to God?â In his past history he had learned that dreams themselves come from God. And when he adds, âTell them now to me,â 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. âPressed them into Pharaohâs cup.â 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 âthree branches were three days.â Joseph, in the quiet confidence that his interpretation would prove correct, begs the chief butler to remember him and endeavor to procure his release. âStolen, stolen was I.â 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. âFrom the land of the Hebrews;â a very remarkable expression, as it strongly favors the presumption that the Hebrews inhabited the country before Kenaan took possession of it. âI have not done aught.â Joseph pleads innocence, and claims liberation, not as an unmerited favor, but as a right. âThe pit.â 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. âI also.â He anticipates a favorable answer, from the remarkable likeness of the dreams. âOn my head.â It appears from the monuments of Egypt that it was the custom for men to carry articles on their heads. âAll manner of baked meatsâ were also characteristic of a corn country. âLift up thy head from upon thee.â 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. âThe birthday of Pharaoh.â 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. âLifted up the head;â 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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Genesis 40:19. Lift up thy head from off thee — Thus we find that beheading, hanging, and gibbeting, were modes of punishment among the ancient Egyptians; but the criminal was beheaded before he was hanged, and then either hanged on hooks, or by the hands. See Lamentations 5:12.
