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The Cupbearer and the Baker

Genesis 40:21

In 11 translations

BSB
Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
KJV
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
WEB
He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
ASV
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
LSV
and he puts back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he gives the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;
YLT
and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;
DBY
And he restored the chief of the cup-bearers to his office of cup-bearer again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
DRC
And he restored the one to his place to present him the cup:
GNV
And he restored the chiefe butler vnto his butlershippe, who gaue the cup into Pharaohs hande,
JPS
And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
LXXE
And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֛שֶׁב אֶת־שַׂ֥ר הַמַּשְׁקִ֖ים עַל־מַשְׁקֵ֑הוּ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן הַכּ֖וֹס עַל־כַּ֥ף פַּרְעֹֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀποκατέστησε τὸν ἀρχιοινοχόον ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔδωκε τὸ ποτήριον εἰς τὴν χεῖρα Φαραώ.

Who and where

👤 Pharaoh (of the Exodus)◆ Joseph imprisoned

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 40:13Within 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.
  • Nehemiah 2:1Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

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