Genesis 40:23
Yet the chief of the butlers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
In Context
22But the chief of the bakers he hanged, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Cross References
Esther 6:3And the king said, What honor and distinction have been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's young men, his servants, There hath nothing been done with him.
Psalms 31:12(31:13) I am forgotten as a dead man out of the heart: I am become like a perishable vessel.
Psalms 105:19Until the time that his word came to pass, [when] the saying of the Lord had purified him.
Amos 6:6That drink out of wine-bowls, and anoint themselves with the costliest of ointments; but who feel no pain for the wound 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 →