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Selected Verse: Genesis 40:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 40:9 |
Strong Concordance |
And the chief [08269] butler [08248] told [05608] his dream [02472] to Joseph [03130], and said [0559] to him, In my dream [02472], behold, a vine [01612] was before me [06440]; |
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King James |
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE BUTLER'S DREAM. (Gen 40:9-15)
In my dream, behold, a vine was before me--The visionary scene described seems to represent the king as taking exercise and attended by his butler, who gave him a cooling draught. On all occasions, the kings of ancient Egypt were required to practice temperance in the use of wine [WILKINSON]; but in this scene, it is a prepared beverage he is drinking, probably the sherbet of the present day. Everything was done in the king's presence--the cup was washed, the juice of the grapes pressed into it; and it was then handed to him--not grasped; but lightly resting on the tips of the fingers. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The cup-bearer gave this account: "In my dream, behold there was a vine before me, and on the vine three branches; and it was as though blossoming, it shot forth its blossom (נצּהּ either from the hapax l. נץ = נצּה, or from נצּה with the fem. termination resolved into the 3 pers. suff.: Ewald, 257d), its clusters ripened into grapes. And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand." In this dream the office and duty of the royal cup-bearer were represented in an unmistakeable manner, though the particular details must not be so forced as to lead to the conclusion, that the kings of ancient Egypt drank only the fresh juice of the grape, and not fermented wine as well. The cultivation of the vine, and the making and drinking of wine, among the Egyptians, are established beyond question by ancient testimony and the earliest monuments, notwithstanding the statement of Herodotus (2, 77) to the contrary (see Hengstenberg, Egypt and the Books of Moses, pp. 13ff.). |
9 And the chief [08269] butler [08248] told [05608] his dream [02472] to Joseph [03130], and said [0559] to him, In my dream [02472], behold, a vine [01612] was before me [06440];
10 And in the vine [01612] were three [07969] branches [08299]: and it was as though it budded [06524], and her blossoms [05322] shot forth [05927]; and the clusters [0811] thereof brought forth ripe [01310] grapes [06025]:
11 And Pharaoh's [06547] cup [03563] was in my hand [03027]: and I took [03947] the grapes [06025], and pressed [07818] them into Pharaoh's [06547] cup [03563], and I gave [05414] the cup [03563] into Pharaoh's [06547] hand [03709].
12 And Joseph [03130] said [0559] unto him, This is the interpretation [06623] of it: The three [07969] branches [08299] are three [07969] days [03117]:
13 Yet [05750] within three [07969] days [03117] shall Pharaoh [06547] lift up [05375] thine head [07218], and restore [07725] thee unto thy place [03653]: and thou shalt deliver [05414] Pharaoh's [06547] cup [03563] into his hand [03027], after the former [07223] manner [04941] when thou wast his butler [08248].
14 But think [02142] on me when it shall be well [03190] with thee, and shew [06213] kindness [02617], I pray thee, unto me, and make mention [02142] of me unto Pharaoh [06547], and bring me [03318] out of this house [01004]:
15 For indeed I was stolen away [01589] out of the land [0776] of the Hebrews [05680]: and here also have I done [06213] nothing [03972] that they should put [07760] me into the dungeon [0953].