Genesis 40:22
but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
In Context
21And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand,
23Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
Cross References
Genesis 40:8And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no man who can interpret it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, I pray you.
Genesis 41:11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he, we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
Genesis 41:16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Daniel 2:19Then the secret was shown to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel 5:12inasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be
Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:21-23
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. Here is, 1. The verifying of Joseph's interpretation of the dreams, on the very… Read the whole commentary →