Genesis 40:21
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
Genesis 40:21 in other translations
| BSB | Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. |
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| WEB | He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand; |
| ASV | And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand: |
| YLT | and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh; |
| DARBY | And he restored the chief of the cup-bearers to his office of cup-bearer again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. |
| BBE | And he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. |
| Webster | And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: |
What does Genesis 40:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 40:20-22
20-22. it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday--This was a holiday season, celebrated at court with great magnificence and honored by a free pardon to prisoners. Accordingly, the issue happened to the butler and baker, as Joseph had foretold. Doubtless, he felt it painful to communicate such dismal tidings to the baker; but he could not help announcing what God had revealed to him; and it was for…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 40:20-23
Joseph's interpretation of the dreams came to pass on the very day fixed. On Pharaoh's birth-day, all his servants attended him, and then the cases of these two came to be looked into. We may all profitably take notice of our birth-days, with thankfulness for the mercies of our birth, sorrow for the sinfulness of our lives, and expectation of the day of our death, as better than the day of our birth. But it seems…
Genesis 40:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 40:21
- 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.
- Nehemiah 2:1
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
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Context
- 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.
- Genesis 40:21
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
- Genesis 40:22
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Genesis 40:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E hizo volver á su oficio al principal de los coperos; y dió él la copa en mano de Faraón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il rétablit le chef des échansons dans son office d’échanson, et il mit la coupe dans la main du Pharaon; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er setzte den Obersten der Schenken wieder in sein Schenkamt, daß er den Becher in des Pharao Hand gab; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Restituitque alterum in locum suum, ut porrigeret ei poculum: |