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Genesis 40:21
Genesis 40:21 is verse 21 of Genesis chapter 40, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
King James Version
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
World English Bible
He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
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Genesis 40:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
21 Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
22 But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 40:13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
Nehemiah 2:1Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,