Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 40:19 in context
Genesis 40:16–22
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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
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In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”
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Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.
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Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”
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On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
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He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
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but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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