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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 (Gen...
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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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The Interpretation of their Dreams
10. _it was as though it budded_ Another rendering is "and as it
budded, its blossoms shot forth." But the rendering in the text is
grammatically to be preferred. T...
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LIFT UP THINE HEAD— _To lift up the head of another,_ is _to shew
him honour and respect;_ to raise him from the downcast state in which
he is, and so to give him confidence and encouragement. See Par...
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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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_YET WITHIN THREE DAYS SHALL PHARAOH LIFT UP THINE HEAD, AND RESTORE
THEE UNTO THY PLACE: AND THOU SHALT DELIVER PHARAOH'S CUP INTO HIS
HAND, AFTER THE FORMER MANNER WHEN THOU WAST HIS BUTLER._
Shall...
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40:13 head (c-10) i.e. release him from the dungeon -- so 2 Kings
25:27 ....
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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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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 b...
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בְּ עֹ֣וד ׀ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים
יִשָּׂ֤א פַרְעֹה֙ אֶת ־רֹאשֶׁ֔ךָ וַ
הֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֖ עַל ־כַּנֶּ֑ךָ וְ
נָתַתָּ֤
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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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2 Kings 25:27; Psalms 4:3; Jeremiah 52:31....
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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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YET WITHIN THREE DAYS SHALL PHARAOH LIFT UP THINE HEAD,.... The Targum
of Jonathan adds, with glory; and the sense is, either that Pharaoh
would raise him up from the low estate in which he now was, t...
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Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore
thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his
hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
Ver. 13...
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_Lift up thy head_ Raise thee from thy state of dejection and sorrow,
and advance thee to thy former dignity; for in this sense, the same
phrase is used, 2 Kings 25:27, and Psalms 110:7. The expressio...
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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 INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAMS...
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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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LIFT UP THINE HEAD:
Or, reckon...
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1-19 It was not so much the prison that made the butler and baker
sad, as their dreams. God has more ways than one to sadden the
spirits. Joseph had compassion towards them. Let us be concerned for
t...
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LIFT UP THINE HEAD, i.e. advance thee to thy former dignity. So that
phrase is used 2 KINGS 25:27 PSALMS 110:7. Or, _reckon thy head, _
i.e. thy name or thy person, to wit, _among his servants, _ whic...
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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 40:13 Now H5750 three H7969 days H3117 Pharaoh H6547 up H5375
(H8799) head H7218 restore H7725 (H8689) place H3653 put H5414 (H8804)
Pharaohs H6547 cup H3563 hand H3027 former H7223 manner H49...
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‘And Joseph said, “This is the interpretation of it. The three
branches are three days. Within yet three days Pharaoh will lift up
your head and restore you to your office, and you will give Pharaoh's...
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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 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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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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within. Genesis 7:4 shall. Genesis 40:20 2 Kings 25:27 Psalms 3:3
Jeremiah 52:31 lift up thine head. or, reckon. Genesis 40:19 Genesis
40:20...
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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
importa...