Genesis 40:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

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  • Gen 40:13 : 13 After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.
  • Neh 2:1 : 1 And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

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  • Gen 40:9-14
    6 verses
    86%

    9 Then the chief wine-servant gave Joseph an account of his dream, and said, In my dream I saw a vine before me;

    10 And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.

    11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and crushing them into Pharaoh's cup, gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

    12 Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;

    13 After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.

    14 But keep me in mind when things go well for you, and be good to me and say a good word for me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison:

  • 20 Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.

  • Gen 40:22-23
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    22 But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.

    23 But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.

  • Gen 40:1-5
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    1 Now after these things the chief servant who had the care of the wine, and the chief bread-maker in Pharaoh's house, did something against Pharaoh's orders;

    2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;

    3 And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.

    4 And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

    5 And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.

  • Gen 41:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9 Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;

    10 Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and had put me in prison in the house of the captain of the army, together with the chief bread-maker;

  • Gen 41:13-14
    2 verses
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    13 And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.

    14 Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

  • Gen 41:40-43
    4 verses
    74%

    40 You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

    41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

    42 Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

    43 And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  • 10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

  • 22 And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.

  • Gen 40:16-17
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    16 Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

    17 And in the top basket were all sorts of cooked meats for Pharaoh; and the birds were taking them out of the baskets on my head.

  • Gen 44:1-2
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    1 Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;

    2 And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.

  • 4 And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.

  • 17 Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

  • 25 Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

  • 20 And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.