Kejadian 40:17

40:17 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.”

Kejadian 41:8

41:8 In the morning he ¹  was troubled, so he called for ²  all the diviner-priests ³  of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, ⁴  but no one could interpret ⁵  them for him. ⁶ 

Kejadian 41:24

41:24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this ⁷  to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.” ⁸ 

Kejadian 34:21

34:21 “These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough ⁹  for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry. ¹⁰ 

Kejadian 40:1

The Cupbearer and the Baker

40:1 After these things happened, the cupbearer ¹¹  to the king of Egypt and the royal baker ¹²  offended ¹³  their master, the king of Egypt.

Kejadian 42:23

42:23 (Now ¹⁴  they did not know that Joseph could understand them, ¹⁵  for he was speaking through an interpreter.) ¹⁶ 

Kejadian 40:2

40:2 Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, ¹⁷  the cupbearer and the baker,

Kejadian 40:23

40:23 But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph – he forgot him. ¹⁸ 

Kejadian 41:9

41:9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures. ¹⁹ 

Kejadian 41:13

41:13 It happened just as he had said ²⁰  to us – Pharaoh ²¹  restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.” ²² 

Kejadian 40:5

40:5 Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream ²³  the same night. ²⁴  Each man’s dream had its own meaning. ²⁵ 

Kejadian 40:20-22

40:20 On the third day it was Pharaoh’s birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He “lifted up” ²⁶  the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants. 40:21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position ²⁷  so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand, 40:22 but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted. ²⁸ 

Kejadian 41:11

41:11 We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning. ²⁹ 

Kejadian 40:16

40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, ³⁰  he said to Joseph, “I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread ³¹  on my head.

Kejadian 40:9

40:9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: ³²  “In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.

Kejadian 41:10

41:10 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.

Kejadian 40:13

40:13 In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you ³³  and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before ³⁴  when you were cupbearer.

[41:8]  ¹ tn Heb “his spirit.”

[41:8]  ² tn Heb “he sent and called,” which indicates an official summons.

[41:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew term חַרְטֹם (khartom) is an Egyptian loanword (hyr-tp) that describes a class of priests who were skilled in such interpretations.

[41:8]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text has the singular (though the Samaritan Pentateuch reads the plural). If retained, the singular must be collective for the set of dreams. Note the plural pronoun “them,” referring to the dreams, in the next clause. However, note that in v. 15 Pharaoh uses the singular to refer to the two dreams. In vv. 17-24 Pharaoh seems to treat the dreams as two parts of one dream (see especially v. 22).

[41:8]  ⁵ tn “there was no interpreter.”

[41:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “for Pharaoh.” The pronoun “him” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[41:24]  ⁷ tn The words “all this” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[41:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “and there was no one telling me.”

[34:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “wide on both hands,” that is, in both directions.

[34:21]  ¹⁰ tn The words “to marry” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[40:1]  ¹¹ sn The Hebrew term cupbearer corresponds to the Egyptian wb’, an official (frequently a foreigner) who often became a confidant of the king and wielded political power (see K. A. Kitchen, NBD³ 248). Nehemiah held this post in Persia.

[40:1]  ¹² sn The baker may be the Egyptian retehti, the head of the bakers, who had privileges in the royal court.

[40:1]  ¹³ sn The Hebrew verb translated offended here is the same one translated “sin” in 39:9. Perhaps there is an intended contrast between these officials, who deserve to be imprisoned, and Joseph, who refused to sin against God, but was thrown into prison in spite of his innocence.

[42:23]  ¹⁴ tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information that is important to the story.

[42:23]  ¹⁵ tn “was listening.” The brothers were not aware that Joseph could understand them as they spoke the preceding words in their native language.

[42:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “for [there was] an interpreter between them.” On the meaning of the word here translated “interpreter” see HALOT 590 s.v. מֵלִיץ and M. A. Canney, “The Hebrew melis (Prov IX 12; Gen XLII 2-3),” AJSL 40 (1923/24): 135-37.

[40:2]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew word סָרִיס (saris), used here of these two men and of Potiphar (see 39:1), normally means “eunuch.” But evidence from Akkadian texts shows that in early times the title was used of a court official in general. Only later did it become more specialized in its use.

[40:23]  ¹⁸ tn The wayyiqtol verbal form here has a reiterative or emphasizing function.

[41:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “sins, offenses.” He probably refers here to the offenses that landed him in prison (see 40:1).

[41:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “interpreted.”

[41:13]  ²¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Pharaoh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[41:13]  ²² tn Heb “him”; the referent (the baker) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[40:5]  ²³ tn Heb “dreamed a dream.”

[40:5]  ²⁴ tn Heb “a man his dream in one night.”

[40:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “a man according to the interpretation of his dream.”

[40:20]  ²⁶ tn The translation puts the verb in quotation marks because it is used rhetorically here and has a double meaning. With respect to the cup bearer it means “reinstate” (see v. 13), but with respect to the baker it means “decapitate” (see v. 19).

[40:21]  ²⁷ tn Heb “his cupbearing.”

[40:22]  ²⁸ tn Heb “had interpreted for them.”

[40:22]  sn The dreams were fulfilled exactly as Joseph had predicted, down to the very detail. Here was confirmation that Joseph could interpret dreams and that his own dreams were still valid. It would have been a tremendous encouragement to his faith, but it would also have been a great disappointment to spend two more years in jail.

[41:11]  ²⁹ tn Heb “and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we dreamed.”

[40:16]  ³⁰ tn Heb “that [the] interpretation [was] good.” The words “the first dream” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[40:16]  ³¹ tn Or “three wicker baskets.” The meaning of the Hebrew noun חֹרִי (khori, “white bread, cake”) is uncertain; some have suggested the meaning “wicker” instead. Comparison with texts from Ebla suggests the meaning “pastries made with white flour” (M. Dahood, “Eblaite h¬a-rí and Genesis 40,16 h£o„rî,” BN 13 [1980]: 14-16).

[40:9]  ³² tn The Hebrew text adds “and he said to him.” This has not been translated because it is redundant in English.

[40:13]  ³³ tn Heb “Pharaoh will lift up your head.” This Hebrew idiom usually refers to restoring dignity, office, or power. It is comparable to the modern saying “someone can hold his head up high.”

[40:13]  ³⁴ tn Heb “according to the former custom.”