Genesis 40:23
And although he advanced with so much prosperity, the chief cupbearer forgot his interpreter of dreams.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
In Context
22the other he hanged on a gallows, and thus the truth of the interpreter of dreams was proven.
Cross References
Esther 6:3When the king had heard this, he said, “What honor and reward has Mordecai been given for this fidelity?” His servants and ministers said to him, “He has received no compensation at all.”
Psalms 105:19And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image.
Amos 6:6You drink wine in bowls, and you anoint with the best ointments; and they suffer nothing over the grief of Joseph.
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 →