Genesis 40:22
But the chief of the bakers he hanged, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
In Context
23Yet the chief of the butlers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.
Cross References
Genesis 40:8And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And Joseph said unto 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 in accordance with the interpretation of his dream.
Genesis 41:16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me; God will give an answer for the peace of Pharaoh.
Daniel 2:19Thereupon was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then did Daniel bless the God of heaven.
Daniel 5:12Forasmuch as a superior spirit, and knowledge, and intelligence, interpreting of dreams, and solving of riddles, and of untying knotty [doubts], were found in him, in Daniel, to whom the king assigned the name of Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will tell 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 →