18 So Joseph answered and said, (A)“This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days. 19 (B)Within three days Pharaoh will lift [a]off your head from you and (C)hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

20 Now it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s (D)birthday, that he (E)made a feast for all his servants; and he (F)lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 40:19 Lit. up

18 “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.(A) 19 Within three days(B) Pharaoh will lift off your head(C) and impale your body on a pole.(D) And the birds will eat away your flesh.”(E)

20 Now the third day(F) was Pharaoh’s birthday,(G) and he gave a feast for all his officials.(H) He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker(I) in the presence of his officials:

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