KJV King James Version
And Pharaoh’s cup [was] in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 40:11
And Pharaoh’s cup [was] in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”
WEB World English Bible
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.”
ASV American Standard Version
and Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Pharaoh’s cup is in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 40
8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you.
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine [was] before me;
10 And in the vine [were] three branches: and it [was] as though it budded, [and] her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
11 And Pharaoh’s cup [was] in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
12 And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:
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.
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְכ֥וֹסH3563 · koscupפַּרְעֹ֖הH6547 · par.ohPharaohבְּיָדִ֑יH3027 · yadhandוָאֶקַּ֣חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָֽעֲנָבִ֗יםH6025 · e.navgrapeוָֽאֶשְׂחַ֤טH7818 · sa.chatto squeezeאֹתָם֙H853 · et[Obj.]אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)כּ֣וֹסH3563 · koscupפַּרְעֹ֔הH6547 · par.ohPharaohוָאֶתֵּ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַכּ֖וֹסH3563 · koscupעַל־H5921 · aluponכַּ֥ףH3709 · kaphpalmפַּרְעֹֽה׃H6547 · par.ohPharaoh
Cross-references
Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.2 Chronicles 9:4And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.1 Kings 10:5And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.Leviticus 10:9Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations:Proverbs 3:10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.Genesis 40:21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:Genesis 49:11Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
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