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Genesis 41:13

me he restored … and him he hanged R.V. marg. I was restored … and he was hanged. Probably, the construction in the original is impersonal, i.e. "me they restored, and him they hanged." In addressing Pharaoh, and in alluding to Pharaoh's actions, this impersonal use of the 3rd pers. sing. is doubtless the language of etiquette.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ME HE, &C.— See note on Genesis 41:21 ch. 40:...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֛י כַּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּֽתַר ־לָ֖נוּ כֵּ֣ן

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    PHARAOH'S DREAMS Genesis 41:1 "Thus saith the Lord, that frustrateth the tokens of the liars and maketh diviners mad; that confirmeth the word of His servant, and performeth the counsel of His messen...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Still the divine activity proceeded. Now it was Pharaoh who dreamed, and now the butler remembered. The result was that Joseph was brought before the king, and as he stood in the royal presence he was...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Pharaohs two dreames. 9 Ioseph interpreteth them. 33 Hee giueth Pharaoh counsell. 38 Ioseph is aduanced. 50 Hee begetteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 54 The famine beginneth. 1 AND it came to passe...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ME HE RESTORED; either, 1. Pharaoh. But then he would have mentioned either his name or title, and not have spoken so slightly and indecently of him. Or rather, 2. Joseph, of whom he spake last, and...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 41:13 interpreted H6622 (H8804) restored H7725 (H8689) office H3653 hanged H8518 (H8804) me he restored -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh saying, “I do bring to mind my faults this day. Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Pharaoh's dream. Joseph's exaltation in Egypt and his Gentile bride. CHARACTERS: Pharaoh, Joseph, butler, Asenath, Manasseh, Ephriam. CONCLUSION: The faithful believer will be abundantly r...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 41:1. _Pharaoh dreamed._ See on Isaiah 4:2. Whatever be the pleas of atheism and materialism against dreams of a prophetic character, it is evident enough from the gentile mythology, and from...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I do remember my faults this day_ PHARAOH’S BUTLER; OR, THE POWER OF MEMORY, ASSOCIATION, AND CONSCIENCE I. THE POWER OF MEMORY. “I do remember.” Memory, a faculty of mind, wonderful, varies in its...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 41:14. He shaved himself and changed his raiment.] “The fact of Joseph having shaved himself is in striking accord with the Egyptian custom, which was to let the beard and hai...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 41:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE END OF TWO FULL YEARS (literally, _two years of _days, _i.e._ two complete years from the commencement of Joseph's incarceration, or more probably a...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    For audio go to chapter 39 Now it came to pass at the end of two full years (Genesis 41:1), That is after Joseph said "don't forget me, pal". "Oh, I won't." "At the end of two full years," that Pharao...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    me he restored. Genesis 40:12 Genesis 40:20 Jeremiah 1:10 Ezekiel 43:3...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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