Genesis 40:15
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.
14 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.
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.
17 In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
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
- 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.”
- KJV
- For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
- WEB
- For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”
- ASV
- for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
- DARBY
- for indeed I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
- BLB
- For I was surely stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and also here I have not done anything that they should put me in the pit.”
- ÅB
- For de har stjålet meg fra hebreernes land, og heller ikke her har jeg gjort noe som de kunne sette meg i fengslet for.
- OTB
- Jeg ble med makt tatt fra hebreernes land, og også her har jeg ikke gjort noe for å fortjene å bli satt i en fangehule."
- B1930
- For de har stjålet mig fra hebreernes land, og heller ikke her har jeg gjort noget som de kunde sette mig i fengslet for.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 39:20
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
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