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Genesis 40:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 40 · verse 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 40:20 · King James Version
Genesis 40:20 in context
18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
19Yet 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.
20And 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.
21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
22But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Pharaoh'sParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- birthdayyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- butlershâqâhto quaffH8248 →
- thirdshᵉlîyshîythirdH7992 →
- feastmishtehdrink, by implication, drinkingH4960 →
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Here is, 1. The verifying of Joseph's interpretation of the dreams, on the very day prefixed. The chief butler and baker were both advanced, one to his office, the other to the gallows, and both at the three days' end.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-23