Verse 19
Genesis 40:19
New Living Translation
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Three days from now Pharaoh will lift you up and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּ/ע֣וֹד שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים יִשָּׂ֨א פַרְעֹ֤ה אֶת רֹֽאשְׁ/ךָ֙ מֵֽ/עָלֶ֔י/ךָ וְ/תָלָ֥ה אוֹתְ/ךָ֖ עַל עֵ֑ץ וְ/אָכַ֥ל הָ/ע֛וֹף אֶת בְּשָׂרְ/ךָ֖ מֵ/עָלֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
In three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh from you.
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Chapter 40 Context
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Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master.
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Pharaoh became angry with these two officials,
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and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.
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They remained in prison for quite some time, and the captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, w...
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While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream...
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When Joseph saw them the next morning, he noticed that they both looked upset.
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“Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them.
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And they replied, “We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.” “Interpret...
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So the chief cup-bearer told Joseph his dream first. “In my dream,” he said, “I saw a grapevine in f...
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The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe gra...
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I was holding Pharaoh’s wine cup in my hand, so I took a cluster of grapes and squeezed the juice in...
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“This is what the dream means,” Joseph said. “The three branches represent three days.
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Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you to your position as his chief cup-bearer.
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And please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he m...
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For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did...
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When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given the first dream such a positive interpretation, he sa...
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The top basket contained all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them from the...
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“This is what the dream means,” Joseph told him. “The three baskets also represent three days.
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Three days from now Pharaoh will lift you up and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come an...
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Pharaoh’s birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff....
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He then restored the chief cup-bearer to his former position, so he could again hand Pharaoh his cup...
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But Pharaoh impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had predicted when he interpreted his dream.
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Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought.
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