Genesis 40:22
And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
In Context
23But the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.
Cross References
Genesis 40:8And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [your dreams], I pray you.
Genesis 41:11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each 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 was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.
Daniel 5:12forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and solving of problems, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
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 →