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Genesis 40:14

Pharaoh
Loneliness

12 Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.

13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

15 For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.
KJV
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:
WEB
But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
ASV
But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
DARBY
Only bear a remembrance with thee of me when it goes well with thee, and deal kindly, I pray thee, with me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house;
BLB
But only that you remember me when it is well with you, and please, do kindness with me and make mention of me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house.
ÅB
Men kom meg i hu, når det går deg vel, og vis barmhjertighet mot meg, så du taler om meg for Farao og hjelper meg ut av dette hus!
OTB
Men når det går deg vel, husk meg og vis meg godhet; nevn meg for farao og få meg ut av dette fengselet.
B1930
Men kom mig i hu, når det går dig vel, og vis barmhjertighet mot mig, så du taler om mig for Farao og hjelper mig ut av dette hus!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joshua 2:12

    Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign

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  • Luke 23:42

    Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

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  • 1 Samuel 20:14–15

    And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

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  • 1 Kings 2:7

    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:31

    then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your maidservant.”

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  • 2 Samuel 9:1

    Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:21

    Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

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