Genesis 40:23
But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph– he forgot him.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 19:14 : 14 My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.
- Ps 31:12 : 12 I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
- Ps 105:19 : 19 until the time when his prediction came true. The LORD’s word proved him right.
- Eccl 9:15-16 : 15 However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man. 16 So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.
- Amos 6:6 : 6 They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.
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- Gen 40:20-223 verses83%
20 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.
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.
- Gen 41:9-102 verses80%
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.
- Gen 40:1-55 verses76%
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 40:11-166 verses75%
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,
15 for 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.”
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.
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9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph:“In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.
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23 (Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)
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42 They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy,
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11 They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.
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18 until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt.
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6 So 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.
- Gen 39:20-234 verses71%
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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8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
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51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying,“Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”
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13 They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.
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13 It happened just as he had said to us– Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.”
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21 They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,
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30 But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.
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17 ‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.
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8 But he refused, saying to his master’s wife,“Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care.
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15 Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”
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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?”