Genesis 40:22

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

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  • 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.”
  • Gen 41:11-13 : 11 We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning. 12 Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us. 13 It happened just as he had said to us– Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.”
  • Gen 41:16 : 16 Joseph replied to Pharaoh,“It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”
  • Jer 23:28 : 28 Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the LORD, affirm it!
  • Dan 2:19-23 : 19 Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven, 20 saying,“Let the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him. 21 He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding; 22 he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him. 23 O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you, for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me. Now you have enabled me to understand what I requested from you. For you have enabled me to understand the king’s dilemma.”
  • Dan 2:30 : 30 As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom than any other living person, but so that the king may understand the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind.
  • Dan 5:12 : 12 Thus there was found in this man Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar, an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and skill to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Now summon Daniel, and he will disclose the interpretation.”
  • Acts 5:30 : 30 The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.
  • Gen 40:8 : 8 They told him,“We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded,“Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 41:9-14
    6 verses
    84%

    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.

    12Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us.

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

    14Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

  • Gen 40:23
    83%

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

  • Gen 40:15-21
    7 verses
    81%

    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.”

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

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

    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,

  • Gen 40:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    1The 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.

    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.

  • Gen 40:11-13
    3 verses
    74%

    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.”

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

    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.

  • Gen 39:22
    73%

    22The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.

  • Gen 40:9
    71%

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

  • Gen 39:20
    71%

    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.

  • Gen 42:23
    70%

    23(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

  • Gen 42:17
    69%

    17He imprisoned them all for three days.

  • Gen 43:17
    69%

    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

  • Gen 39:6
    69%

    6So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking.