Genesis 40:23
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
In Context
22But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Cross References
Esther 6:3And the king said: 'What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?' Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him: 'There is nothing done for him.'
Psalms 31:12(31-13) I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a useless vessel.
Psalms 105:19Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him.
Amos 6:6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but they are not grieved for the hurt 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 →