Genesis 40:23
Yet the chiefe butler did not remember Ioseph, but forgate him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
In Context
22But he hanged the chiefe baker, as Ioseph had interpreted vnto them.
Cross References
Esther 6:3Then the King sayde, What honour and dignitie hath bene giuen to Mordecai for this? And the Kings seruants that ministred vnto him, sayd, There is nothing done for him.
Psalms 31:12I am forgotten, as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.
Psalms 105:19Vntill his appointed time came, and the counsell of the Lord had tryed him.
Amos 6:6They drinke wine in bowles, and anoynt themselues with the chiefe ointments, but no man is sory for the affliction of Ioseph.
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 →