Genesis 40 · Verse 19

Genesis 40:19

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Genesis 40:19, King James Version

Genesis 40:19 in other translations

BSBWithin three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
WEBWithin three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”
ASVwithin yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
YLTyet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.'
DARBYIn yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.
BBEAfter three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.
WebsterYet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

What does Genesis 40:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 40:18-19

18-19. Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation--The purport was that in three days his execution should be ordered. The language of Joseph describes minutely one form of capital punishment that prevailed in Egypt; namely, that the criminal was decapitated and then his headless body gibbeted on a tree by the highway till it was gradually devoured by the ravenous birds.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Lift up thy head from off thee - Thus we find that beheading, hanging, and gibbeting, were modes of punishment among the ancient Egyptians; but the criminal was beheaded before he was hanged, and then either hanged on hooks, or by the hands. See Lam 5:12.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 40:1-19

It was not so much the prison that made the butler and baker sad, as their dreams. God has more ways than one to sadden the spirits. Joseph had compassion towards them. Let us be concerned for the sadness of our brethren's countenances. It is often a relief to those that are in trouble to be noticed. Also learn to look into the causes of our own sorrow. Is there a good reason? Is there not comfort sufficient to…

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Genesis 40:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּע֣וֹד\׀be.'odin againH5750
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeH7969
יָמִ֗יםya.MimdaysH3117
יִשָּׂ֨אyi.Sa'he will lift upH5375
פַרְעֹ֤הfar.'OhPharaohH6547
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
רֹֽאשְׁךָ֙ro.she.Khahead yourH7218
מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָme.'a.Lei.khafrom on <the> youH5921
וְתָלָ֥הve.ta.Lahand he will hangH8518
אוֹתְךָ֖'ot.Kha<obj.> youH853
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עֵ֑ץ'Etza treeH6086
וְאָכַ֥לve.'a.Khaland it will eatH398
הָע֛וֹףha.'ofthe bird[s]H5775
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּשָׂרְךָ֖be.sa.re.Khaflesh yourH1320
מֵעָלֶֽיךָ\׃me.'a.Lei.khafrom on <the> youH5921

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Cross references for Genesis 40:19

  • Genesis 40:22

    But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

  • Genesis 40:13

    Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

  • 2 Samuel 21:10

    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

  • Proverbs 30:17

    The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  • Ezekiel 39:4

    Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

  • 2 Samuel 21:6

    Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

  • Joshua 10:26

    And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

  • Acts 20:27

    For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

  • Genesis 41:13

    And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

  • Deuteronomy 21:22-23

    And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  • Joshua 8:29

    And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

  • 1 Samuel 17:44

    And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
within.
13
lift up thy head from off thee. or, reckon thee and take thyoffice from thee. hang thee.
22; 41:13; De 21:22,23; Jos 8:29; 10:26; 2Sa 21:6; Pr 30:17; Ga 3:13
and the birds.
17; 1Sa 17:44,46; 2Sa 21:10; Eze 39:4; Ac 20:27

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Context

  • Genesis 40:18

    And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

  • Genesis 40:19

    Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

  • Genesis 40:20

    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.

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Genesis 40:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Al cabo de tres días quitará Faraón tu cabeza de sobre ti, y te hará colgar en la horca, y las aves comerán tu carne de sobre ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Encore trois jours, et le Pharaon élèvera ta tête de dessus toi, et te pendra à un bois, et les oiseaux mangeront ta chair de dessus toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die drei Körbe sind drei Tage. In noch drei Tagen wird der Pharao dein Haupt erheben und dich an ein Holz hängen, und das Gevögel wird dein Fleisch von dir wegfressen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
post quos auferet Pharao caput tuum, ac suspendet te in cruce, et lacerabunt volucres carnes tuas.