Genesis 40:13

In three days' time Pharaoh will take you out of prison and give you back your job, and you will hand Pharaoh his cup as you used to.

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In The King James Version

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

In Context

12“This is the meaning,” Joseph told him. “The three branches represent three days.

14But when things go well for you, please remember me with kindness and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf, and please get me out of this prison.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:19In three days' time Pharaoh will take you out of prison and hang you on a pole, and birds will eat your flesh.”

Psalms 3:3But you, Lord, are a shield protecting me. You give me victory; you hold my head high.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:6-20

5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.… Read the whole commentary →

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