Genesis 40:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

On 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Gen 40:19 : 19 In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you.”
  • Matt 14:6 : 6 But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
  • Mark 6:21 : 21 But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.
  • 2 Kgs 25:27 : 27 Jehoiachin in Babylon In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.
  • Esth 1:3 : 3 in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.
  • Job 3:1 : 1 II. Job’s Dialogue With His Friends(3:1-27:33) Job Regrets His Birth After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born.
  • Luke 16:1-2 : 1 The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets. 2 So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’
  • Matt 18:23-25 : 23 The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25 Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.
  • Matt 25:19 : 19 After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.
  • Gen 21:8 : 8 The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 40:21-23
    3 verses
    82%

    21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,

    22 but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted.

    23 But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph– he forgot him.

  • Gen 40:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    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.

    2 Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,

    3 so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

    4 The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

    5 Both 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.

  • Gen 40:9-14
    6 verses
    80%

    9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph:“In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.

    10 On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

    11 Now 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.”

    12 “This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him.“The three branches represent three days.

    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.

    14 But 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,

  • Gen 40:16-19
    4 verses
    79%

    16 When 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.

    17 In 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.”

    18 Joseph replied,“This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days.

    19 In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

  • Gen 41:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8 In 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.

    9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh,“Today I recall my failures.

    10 Pharaoh 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.

  • 13 It happened just as he had said to us– Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.”

  • 17 He imprisoned them all for three days.

  • 43 Pharaoh had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, and they cried out before him,“Kneel down!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

  • 7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house,“Why do you look so sad today?”

  • 21 But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

  • 1 Joseph’s Rise to Power At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,

  • 37 This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials.

  • 10 and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.