Genesis 40:23
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
In Context
22but the chief baker he hanged, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Cross References
Esther 6:3“What honor and dignity have been conferred on Mordecai for this?” the king asked. When the king’s pages who waited on him replied “Nothing has been done for him,”
Psalms 31:12I am clean forgotten like the dead, am become like a ruined vessel.
Psalms 105:19till the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord that had tried him.
Amos 6:6they drink bowlfuls of wine, and anoint themselves with the finest of oil. But they do not grieve over the ruin 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 →