Genesis 40:21

21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position. So the cupbearer put the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

Genesis 40:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:21

And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again,
&c.] Put him into the same office he was in before: and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;
ministered to him in his office the same day, according to his dream and the interpretation of it: the Targum of Jonathan adds this as a reason of his being restored,

``because he found that he was not in that counsel,''

in which it was consulted to poison Pharaoh, (See Gill on Genesis 40:1).

Genesis 40:21 In-Context

19 In the next three days Pharaoh will cut off your head and hang your dead body on a pole. The birds will eat the flesh from your bones."

20 Two days later, on his birthday, Pharaoh had a special dinner prepared for all his servants. Of all his servants he gave special attention to the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position. So the cupbearer put the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

22 But he hung the chief baker just as Joseph had said in his interpretation.

23 Nevertheless, the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph. He forgot all about him.