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Selected Verse: Genesis 40:20 - Strong Concordance

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Ge 40:20 Strong Concordance And it came to pass the third [07992] day [03117], which was Pharaoh's [06547] birthday [03117] [03205], that he made [06213] a feast [04960] unto all his servants [05650]: and he lifted up [05375] the head [07218] of the chief [08269] butler [08248] and of the chief [08269] baker [0644] among [08432] his servants [05650].
  King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday--This was a holiday season, celebrated at court with great magnificence and honored by a free pardon to prisoners. Accordingly, the issue happened to the butler and baker, as Joseph had foretold. Doubtless, he felt it painful to communicate such dismal tidings to the baker; but he could not help announcing what God had revealed to him; and it was for the honor of the true God that he should speak plainly.
 
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18 And unto Enoch [02585] was born [03205] Irad [05897]: and Irad [05897] begat [03205] Mehujael [04232]: and Mehujael [04232] begat [03205] Methusael [04967]: and Methusael [04967] begat [03205] Lamech [03929].
9 And she wrote [03789] in the letters [05612], saying [0559], Proclaim [07121] a fast [06685], and set [03427] Naboth [05022] on high [07218] among the people [05971]:
6 But [1161] when Herod's [2264] birthday [1077] was kept [71], the daughter [2364] of Herodias [2266] danced [3738] before them [1722] [3319], and [2532] pleased [700] Herod [2264].