Genesis 41:13
in Genesis 41And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
KJV
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
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This verse in Genesis 41
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Today I recall my failures
on Genesis 41:9-13
The cupbearer speaks at last, and his first words are about himself. He describes Joseph as a young Hebrew, a servant under the captain, three descriptions that put him at the bottom of every ladder in Egypt. Two years of silence end on the day Joseph becomes useful.
This site's exposition
it happened to us just as he had interpreted
Moses later gives Israel a test for anyone who speaks in the LORD's name at Deuteronomy 18:22, whether the word comes to pass. Joseph had passed it twice in one prison. The cupbearer's evidence is a man restored and a man hanged.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was,.... The event answered to the interpretation, and showed it to be right; this is frequently hinted and repeated, to show the exactness and certainty of the interpretation given, in order to recommend Joseph to Pharaoh the more: me he restored unto my office, and him he hanged: that is, Joseph interpreted the butler's dream to such a sense, that he should be restored to his butlership, and accordingly he was; and the baker's dream, that he should be hanged, and so he was.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
He interpreted it in accordance with the dream and consistent with its contents. Thus the words of Rashi.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֛י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פָּֽתַר־ | patar- | he interpreted | H6622 → | 9 times |
| לָ֖נוּ | lanu | for <the> us | ||
| כֵּ֣ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הָיָ֑ה | hayah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֹתִ֛י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֵשִׁ֥יב | heshiv | he restored | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כַּנִּ֖י | kani | office my | H3653 → | |
| וְאֹת֥וֹ | veoto | and <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תָלָֽה׃ | talah | he hanged | H8518 → | 27 times |
וַיְהִ֛יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
פָּֽתַר־he interpreted
patar-H6622 →9 times
לָ֖נוּfor <the> us
lanu
כֵּ֣ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
הָיָ֑הit was
hayahH1961 →3559 times
אֹתִ֛י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
הֵשִׁ֥יבhe restored
heshivH7725 →1056 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כַּנִּ֖יoffice my
kaniH3653 →
וְאֹת֥וֹand <obj.> him
veotoH853 →10935 times
תָלָֽה׃he hanged
talahH8518 →27 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:28
Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- Isaiah 44:26–28
who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I…
- Jeremiah 31:4–5
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Jeremiah 24:6
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Jeremiah 31:28
Through
Genesis 40:12Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
it leads to
- Genesis 41:12
Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
- Judges 7:14
His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
- Genesis 41:12
Through
Ezekiel 43:3The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 9:5
And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
- Ezekiel 9:5
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.