KJV King James Version
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
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Genesis 40:21
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
WEB World English Bible
He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
ASV American Standard Version
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;
Surrounding context — Genesis 40
18 And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days:
19 Yet 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.
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.
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּ֛שֶׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שַׂ֥רH8269 · sarrulerהַמַּשְׁקִ֖יםH4945 · mash.qehcupbearerעַל־H5921 · aluponמַשְׁקֵ֑הוּH4945 · mash.qehcupbearerוַיִּתֵּ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveהַכּ֖וֹסH3563 · koscupעַל־H5921 · aluponכַּ֥ףH3709 · kaphpalmפַּרְעֹֽה׃H6547 · par.ohPharaoh
Cross-references
Genesis 40:13Yet 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.Nehemiah 2:1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.
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