Genesis 41 · Verse 13

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.
Genesis 41:13, King James Version

Genesis 41:13 in other translations

BSBAnd it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
WEBAs he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
ASVAnd it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
YLTand it cometh to pass, as he hath interpreted to us so it hath been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.'
DARBYAnd it came to pass, just as he interpreted to us, so it came about: me has he restored to my office, and him he hanged.
BBEAnd it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.
WebsterAnd it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: me he restored to my office, and him he hanged.

What does Genesis 41:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:9-13

9-13. then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults--This public acknowledgment of the merits of the young Hebrew would, tardy though it was, have reflected credit on the butler had it not been obviously made to ingratiate himself with his royal master. It is right to confess our faults against God, and against our fellow men when that confession is made in the spirit of godly sorrow and…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 41:9-32

God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had got Joseph to be released from prison, it is probable he would have gone back to the land of the Hebrews. Then he had neither been so blessed himself, nor such a blessing to his family, as afterwards he proved. Joseph, when introduced to Pharaoh, gives honour to God. Pharaoh had dreamed that he stood upon the bank of the river…

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Genesis 41:13 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.

וַיְהִ֛יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
פָּֽתַר\־pa.tar-he interpretedH6622
לָ֖נוּLa.nufor <the> us
כֵּ֣ןkensoH3651
הָיָ֑הha.Yahit wasH1961
אֹתִ֛י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853
הֵשִׁ֥יבhe.Shivhe restoredH7725
עַל\־'al-toH5921
כַּנִּ֖יka.Nioffice myH3653
וְאֹת֥וֹve.'o.Toand <obj.> himH853
תָלָֽה\׃ta.Lahhe hangedH8518

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 41:13

  • Ezekiel 43:3

    And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

  • Jeremiah 1:10

    See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

  • Genesis 40:12

    And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

  • Genesis 40:20-22

    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. And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand: But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
me he restored.
40:12,20-22; Jer 1:10; Eze 43:3

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Context

  • Genesis 41:12

    And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

  • 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.

  • Genesis 41:14

    Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

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Genesis 41:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aconteció que como él nos declaró, así fué: á mí me hizo volver á mi puesto, é hizo colgar al otro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva que, comme il nous avait interprété, ainsi il advint: moi, le Pharaon me rétablit dans mon poste, et lui, il le pendit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah, wie er uns deutete, also ist es geschehen: mich hat der Pharao wieder in meine Stelle eingesetzt, und ihn hat er gehängt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus; ego enim redditus sum officio meo, et ille suspensus est in cruce.