Genesis 40:1
The Cupbearer and the Baker After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
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- Gen 40:13 : 13 In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.
- Neh 1:11-2:2 : 11 Please, Lord, listen attentively to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me in the presence of this man.” Now I was cupbearer for the king. 1 Nehemiah Is Permitted to Go to Jerusalem Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king’s presence. 2 So the king said to me,“Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren’t sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?” This made me very fearful.
- Esth 6:1 : 1 The Turning Point: The King Honors Mordecai Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king’s presence,
- Gen 39:20-23 : 20 Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison. 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden. 22 The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing. 23 The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph’s care because the LORD was with him and whatever he was doing the LORD was making successful.
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- Gen 40:2-76 verses90%
2Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,
3so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.
4The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.
5Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream the same night. Each man’s dream had its own meaning.
6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were looking depressed.
7So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house,“Why do you look so sad today?”
- Gen 41:8-114 verses85%
8In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
9Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh,“Today I recall my failures.
10Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards– me and the chief baker.
11We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.
- Gen 40:20-234 verses80%
20On the third day it was Pharaoh’s birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He“lifted up” the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.
21He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,
22but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted.
23But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph– he forgot him.
- Gen 40:13-175 verses76%
13In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.
14But remember me when it goes well for you, and show me kindness. Make mention of me to Pharaoh and bring me out of this prison,
15for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon.”
16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, he said to Joseph,“I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head.
17In the top basket there were baked goods of every kind for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them from the basket that was on my head.”
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1Joseph’s Rise to Power At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,
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9So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph:“In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.
- Gen 39:19-202 verses72%
19When his master heard his wife say,“This is the way your slave treated me,” he became furious.
20Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.
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15The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh,“Why are you treating your servants this way?
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22The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.
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11Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
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1Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
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13It happened just as he had said to us– Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.”
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36Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.
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37This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials.