“ But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. ”
- Joseph in Prison An uncomplaining patience and an unhesitating hopefulness keep the breast of Joseph in calm tranquillity. There is a God above, and that God is with him. His soul swerves not...
Genesis 40. Joseph Interprets their Dreams to Pharaoh's Two Imprisoned Officers. This chapter is from E, with harmonistic additions and touches from J ( Genesis 40:3 b , Genesis 40:5 b , Gene...
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
And he restored, &c.— Calmet and Chais both observe, that as Joseph was an illustrious type of our Saviour, so these two officers of Pharaoh clearly mark out the two thieves, between whom our L...
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 serv...
Joseph interprets the Dreams of Pharaoh's Officers 1. Butler] rather, 'cupbearer,' a high court official: cp. Nehemiah 1:11 ; Nehemiah 2:1 . Baker ] rather, 'cook.' It is conjectured that these...
Joseph Interprets Two Dreams Genesis 40:9-23 Joseph as an interpreter was among a thousand. Because his pure heart was open to God, he could unriddle the mysteries of human life. Very often tho...
The works of God are ever characterized by simplicity. No study is more fascinating in the Divine Oracles or in human experience than the wonderful mosaic of the divine government. If it may be state...
But he hanged the chief baker ,.... The is, he ordered him to be hanged; because, as the same Targum says, he consulted to kill him (Pharaoh): as Joseph had interpreted to them ; the events as to...
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. Ver. 22. But he hanged the chief baker. ] God's menaces, as well as promises, will have their accomplishment. Vengeance is "in rea...
JOSEPH, INTERPRETER OF DREAMS Two men are seen now to be committed to Joseph's care in the prison, the cup bearer and the baker of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. It is not told us for what offenses they...
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 hi...
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‘And it happened on the third day, being Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his serva...
CRITICAL NOTES.— The butler. ] “The cupbearer and overseer of the wine—making and storing and serving, an important officer of the king. ( 2 Kings 18:17 .) He was now a state prisoner for an offen...
Genesis 40:4 . Captain of the guard; that is, Potiphar who had a controul over the gaoler. It would seem, by enlarging Joseph's liberty in prison, that he now believed his asseverations of innocen...
The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them Light upon Joseph’s destiny This chapter discovers signs that Joseph was destined to fill an important place in the history...
EXPOSITION Genesis 40:1 And it came to pass (literally, and it was ) after these things (literally, words , i.e. after the transactions just recorded), that the butler —מָשְׁקֶה, t...
The Dreams come true
he hanged. Genesis 40:8 Genesis 40:19 Genesis 41:11-13 Genesis 41:16 Jeremiah 23:28 Daniel 2:19-23 Daniel 2:30 Daniel 5:12 Acts 5:30
Joseph in Prison Genesis 40:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We left Joseph, in chapter 39, in prison under the order of Potiphar, captain of the guard. Chapter forty of Genesis discovers to us several...