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Genesis 40:19

Pharaoh

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.”

18 Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

21 Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

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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
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”
ASV
within yet 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.
DARBY
In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.
BLB
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from upon you and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat your flesh from upon you.”
ÅB
Om tre dager skal Farao opphøye deg, hugge hodet av deg og henge deg på et tre, og fuglene skal spise kjøttet av deg.
OTB
Innen tre dager vil farao løfte av ditt hode og henge deg på en påle, og fuglene vil spise ditt kjøtt."
B1930
Om tre dager skal Farao ophøie dig, hugge hodet av dig og henge dig på et tre, og fuglene skal ete kjøttet av dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 40:22

    But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

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  • Genesis 40:13

    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.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:10

    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

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  • Proverbs 30:17

    As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

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  • Ezekiel 39:4

    On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:6

    let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

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  • Joshua 10:26

    After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.

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  • Acts 20:27

    For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

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