Chapter 40

1
it came Gen 39:20-23; Esth 6:1

the butler Mashkeh, from shakah, to give drink, is the same as saky among the Arabians and Persians, and signifies a cup-bearer. Gen 40:13; Neh 1:11, Neh 2:1-2


2
wroth Ps 76:10; Prov 16:14, Prov 19:12, Prov 19:19, Prov 27:4; Acts 12:20

the chief of the butlers 1Chr 27:27


3
the place Gen 39:20, Gen 39:23

where Joseph was bound Or, "where Joseph was confined," for he doubtless had his personal liberty. This place, we learn from the preceding chapter (Gen 39:20), was the king's prison. All the officers in the employment of the ancient kings of Egypt, according to Diodorus Siculus, were taken from the most illustrious families of the priesthood in the country; no slave or common person being ever permitted to serve in the presence of the king. As these persons were of the most noble families, it is natural to expect they would be put, when accused, into the state prison.


4
the captain Gen 37:36, Gen 39:1, Gen 39:21-23; Ps 37:5

a season Yamim, literally days; how long is uncertain, though the word may signify, as many suppose, a complete year (see note on Gen 4:3 and see note on Gen 24:55); and as Pharaoh called them to an account on his birthday (Gen 40:20), Calmet supposes they had offended on the preceding birthday, and thus had been one whole year in prison.


5
am 2287, bc 1717, Gen 40:8, Gen 12:1-7, Gen 20:3, Gen 37:5-10, Gen 41:1-7, Gen 41:11; Num 12:6; Judg 7:13-14; Esth 6:1; Job 33:15-17; Dan 2:1-3, Dan 4:5, Dan 4:9, Dan 4:19, 7:1-8:27


6
behold Gen 40:8, Gen 41:8; Dan 2:1-3, Dan 4:5, Dan 5:6, Dan 7:28, Dan 8:27


7
Wherefore Judg 18:24; 1Sam 1:8; 2Sam 13:4; Neh 2:2; Luke 24:17

look ye so sadly to day Heb. are your faces evil


8
Do not etc. Gen 41:15-16; Job 33:15-16; Ps 25:14; Isa 8:19; Dan 2:11, Dan 2:28, Dan 2:47, Dan 4:8; Dan 5:11-15; 1Cor 12:10-11; Amos 3:7


9
a vine Gen 37:5-10; Judg 7:13-15; Dan 2:31, Dan 4:8, Dan 4:10-18


11
And I took etc. From this we find that wine anciently was the mere expressed juice of the grape, without fermentation. The saky, or cup-bearer, took the bunch, pressed the juice into the cup, and instantly delivered it to his master.

pressed Gen 49:11; Lev 10:9; Prov 3:10

hand Gen 40:21; 1Kgs 10:5; 2Chr 9:4; Neh 1:11, Neh 2:1


12
This Gen 40:18, Gen 41:12, Gen 41:25-26; Judg 7:14; Dan 2:36-45, Dan 4:19-33

The three Gen 41:26; Judg 7:14; Matt 26:26; 1Cor 10:4; Gal 4:25


13
within Gen 7:4

shall Gen 40:20-22; 2Kgs 25:27; Ps 3:3; Jer 52:31

lift up thine head or, reckon, Gen 40:19 *marg. Gen 40:20 *marg.


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think on me Heb. remember me with thee

on me 1Sam 25:31; Luke 23:42; 1Cor 7:21

show Josh 2:12; 1Sam 20:14-15; 2Sam 9:1; 1Kgs 2:7


15
stolen Gen 37:28; Exod 21:16; Deut 24:7; 1Tim 1:10

the Hebrews Gen 14:13, Gen 41:12

done Gen 39:8-12, Gen 39:20; 1Sam 24:11; Ps 59:3-4; Dan 6:22; John 10:32, John 15:25; Acts 24:12-21, Acts 25:10-11; 1Pet 3:17-18


16
the chief Gen 40:1-2

white baskets or, baskets full of holes


17
bakemeats Heb. meat of Pharaoh, the work of a baker, or cook, Gen 49:20; 1Chr 12:20


18
Gen 40:12, Gen 41:26; 1Cor 10:4, 1Cor 11:24


19
within Gen 40:13

lift up thy head from off thee or, reckon thee and take thy office from thee

hang thee Gen 40:22, Gen 41:13; Deut 21:22-23; Josh 8:29, Josh 10:26; 2Sam 21:6; Prov 30:17; Gal 3:13

and the birds Gen 40:17; 1Sam 17:44, 1Sam 17:46; 2Sam 21:10; Ezek 39:4; Acts 20:27


20
third day Gen 40:13, Gen 40:19

birthday Gen 21:8; Esth 1:3; Job 3:1; Matt 14:6; Mark 6:21

lifted up or, reckoned, Gen 40:13, Gen 40:19 *marg. 2Kgs 25:27; Matt 18:23-25, Matt 25:19; Luke 16:1-2


21
gave the cup Gen 40:13; Neh 2:1


22
he hanged Gen 40:8, Gen 40:19, Gen 41:11-13, Gen 41:16; Jer 23:28; Dan 2:19-23, Dan 2:30, Dan 5:12; Acts 5:30


23
but forgat him Job 19:14; Ps 31:12, Ps 105:19; Eccl 9:15-16; Amos 6:6


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