Genesis 40:23
and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
In Context
22and the chief of the bakers he hath hanged, as Joseph hath interpreted to them;
Cross References
Esther 6:3And the king saith, 'What honour and greatness hath been done to Mordecai for this?' And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, 'Nothing hath been done with him.'
Psalms 31:12I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.
Psalms 105:19Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him.
Amos 6:6Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And [with] chief perfumes anoint [themselves], And have not been pained for the breach 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 →