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Verse Genesis 40:20. _PHARAOH'S BIRTHDAY_] The distinguishing a
birthday by a feast appears from this place to have been a very
ancient custom. It probably had its origin from a correct notion of
the...
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- Joseph in Prison
An uncomplaining patience and an unhesitating hopefulness keep the
breast of Joseph in calm tranquillity. There is a God above, and that
God is with him. His soul swerves not from...
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CHAPTER 40 JOSEPH THE INTERPRETER OF DREAMS
_ 1. The fellow prisoners (Genesis 40:1)_
2. The dream of the chief butler (Genesis 40:9)
3. The interpretation (Genesis 40:12)
4. Joseph's request ...
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GENESIS 40. JOSEPH INTERPRETS THEIR DREAMS TO PHARAOH'S TWO IMPRISONED
OFFICERS. This chapter is from E, with harmonistic additions and
touches from J (Genesis 40:3_ b_, Genesis 40:5_ b_, Genesis 40:1...
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PHARAOH'S BIRTH-DAY— The antiquity of celebrating birth-days is
hence observable. Some think that the phrase _lifted up the head,_ as
applied to the elevation of one officer and the destruction of the...
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2. _Joseph as Prisoner in Egypt_ (Genesis 39:1 to Genesis 41:45).
39 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh'S, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of t...
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_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...
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JOSEPH INTERPRETS THE DREAMS OF PHARAOH'S OFFICERS
1. Butler] rather, 'cupbearer,' a high court official: cp. Nehemiah
1:11; Nehemiah 2:1. BAKER] rather, 'cook.' It is conjectured that
these official...
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These two dreams told what would happen 2 days later. And, 2 years
after this time, *Pharaoh had two dreams. (See Genesis 41:1.) Those
dreams told what would happen during the next 14 years. All these...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 40
THE *CUP-BEARER AND THE BAKER IN PRISON
V1 Some time after this, the king of Egypt’s *cup-bearer offended
his master the king. And the king’s...
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HE LIFTED UP THE HEAD. — From its use in this verse some have
supposed that the phrase must mean “to put them on their trial,”
or “take account of them” (whence the margin _reckon_). More
probably the...
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וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ
שְּׁלִישִׁ֗י...
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JOSEPH INTERPRETS TWO DREAMS
Genesis 40:9
Joseph as an interpreter was among a thousand. Because his pure heart
was open to God, he could unriddle the mysteries of human life. Very
often those who wa...
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The works of God are ever characterized by simplicity. No study is
more fascinating in the Divine Oracles or in human experience than the
wonderful mosaic of the divine government. If it may be stated...
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GOD WAS WITH JOSEPH IN PRISON
Again, the Lord was with Joseph. He caused the keeper of the prison to
look on Joseph with mercy. Eventually, the keeper placed all under
Joseph's authority, just as Pot...
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And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's (h) 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 servan...
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_Birth-day. This was a common practice among the pagans. (St. Matthew
xiv. 6; 2 Machabees vi. 7.) (Calmet)_...
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Mark 6:21....
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 THROUGH 41.
What follows from chapter 37 is the interesting history of Joseph, to
which even children ever yield a ready ear, although ignorant of all
the...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS THE THIRD DAY, [WHICH WAS] PHARAOH'S BIRTHDAY,....
The third day from the time the dreams were told, and the
interpretation of them given, was the birthday of Pharaoh; either the
d...
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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....
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_He lifted up the head_ Of these servants; took an account of them,
examined their cases, and, either according to the merit of their
cause, or through caprice, disposed of them as is here mentioned....
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1 The Butler and Baker of Pharaoh in prison.
4 Ioseph hath charge of them.
5 He interpreteth their dreames.
20 They come to passe according to his interpretation.
23 The ingratitude of the Butler....
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THE DREAMS COME TRUE...
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And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that
he made a feast unto all his servants, it being the custom of the
ancient kings to celebrate these occasions with a great show of...
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FOURTH SECTION
_Joseph as interpreter of the dreams of his fellow-prisoners_.
GENESIS 40:1-23
1And it came to pass after these things _that_ the butler of the king
of Egypt, and _his_ baker, had off...
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JOSEPH, INTERPRETER OF DREAMS
Two men are seen now to be committed to Joseph's care in the prison,
the cup bearer and the baker of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. It is not told
us for what offenses they wer...
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LIFTED UP:
Or, reckoned...
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20-23 Joseph's interpretation of the dreams came to pass on the very
day fixed. On Pharaoh's birth-day, all his servants attended him, and
then the cases of these two came to be looked into. We may a...
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PHARAOH'S BIRTHDAY. Birth-days by persons of eminency then were, and
since have usually been, celebrated with feasting and rejoicing....
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In Genesis 1:23 Satan uses Potiphar's wife, and in Genesis 1:23 he
uses Pharaoh's chief butler. The former he used to put Joseph into the
dungeon; and the latter he used to keep him there, through his...
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Genesis 40:20 third H7992 day H3117 Pharaohs H6547 birthday H3117
H3205 (H8715) made H6213 (H8799) feast...
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‘And it happened on the third day, being Pharaoh's birthday, that he
made a feast for all his servants and he lifted up the head of the
chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servan...
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CONTENTS: Joseph in prison in Egypt. Interprets dreams.
CHARACTERS: Butler, baker, captain of guard, Joseph, Potiphar.
CONCLUSION: Whatever our lot in God's providence, we may ever be a
blessing to...
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Genesis 40:4. _Captain of the guard;_ that is, Potiphar who had a
controul over the gaoler. It would seem, by enlarging Joseph's liberty
in prison, that he now believed his asseverations of innocence:...
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_The third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday_
BIRTHDAYS
I. WE SHOULD MAKE IT A DAY OF THANKSGIVING. The birth of a human soul
is a wondrous miracle, and for weal or woe is an event which will be
felt...
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_The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served
them_
LIGHT UPON JOSEPH’S DESTINY
This chapter discovers signs that Joseph was destined to fill an
important place in the history of...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 40:1 Some time after Joseph was imprisoned
(ch. Genesis 39:1), two royal attendants are imprisoned for offending
Pharaoh. With God’s help, Joseph interprets their dreams. This...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 40:20 PHARAOH’S BIRTHDAY may refer to his
actual birthday or to the anniversary of his becoming ruler, when
pardons were more often granted. As Joseph said, the heads of both m...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
The butler.] “The cupbearer and overseer of the WINE—MAKING and
storing and serving, an important officer of the king. (2 Kings
18:17.) He was now a state prisoner for an offence agai...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 40:1
AND IT CAME TO PASS (literally, _and it was_) AFTER THESE THINGS
(literally, _words_, _i.e._ after the transactions just recorded),
THAT THE BUTLER—מָשְׁקֶה, the hiph. part. o...
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For the correlating audio message go to Chapter 39 It came to pass
after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker
had offended their lord the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was ang...
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third day. Genesis 40:13 Genesis 40:19 birthday. Genesis 21:8 Esther
1:3 Job 3:1...
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JOSEPH IN PRISON
Genesis 40:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We left Joseph, in chapter 39, in prison under the order of Potiphar,
captain of the guard. Chapter forty of Genesis discovers to us several
importan...
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He lifted up the head of these two prisoners — That is, arraigned
and tried them; and he restored the chief butler, and hanged the chief
baker....