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Genesis 40:20

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And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

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  1. Genesis 40:18

    And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

  2. Genesis 40:19

    Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

  3. Genesis 40:21

    And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

  4. Genesis 40:22

    But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.