Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 40:20

Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 40:20 - 40:20

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 40:20 - 40:20

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40:1 - 40:1
40:5 - 40:5
40:8 - 40:8
40:9 - 40:9
40:12 - 40:12
40:16 - 40:16
40:20 - 40:20
40:23 - 40:23

Joseph's interpretations were fulfilled three days afterwards, on the king's birth-day. הֻלֶּדֶת יֹום: the day of being born; the inf. Hoph. is construed as a passive with the accus. obj., as in Gen 4:18, etc. Pharaoh gave his servants a feast, and lifted up the heads of both the prisoners, but in very different ways. The cup-bearer was pardoned, and reinstated in his office; the baker, on the other hand, was executed.