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In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head-from off you-and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body."
Genesis 40:19 Meaning and Commentary
Genesis 40:19
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head from off thee Order thee to be beheaded; so the Targum of Jonathan and Ben Melech interpret it,
``Pharaoh shall remove thy head from thy body with a sword:''
and shall hang thee on a tree; his body after his head was severed from it, this should be hung upon a gallows or gibbet, and there continue: and the birds shall eat the flesh from off thee; as they usually do when bodies are thus hung up, see ( 2 Samuel 21:92 Samuel 21:10 ) ; this was signified by the birds eating the bakemeats out of the uppermost basket when upon his head, as it seemed to him in his dream.
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In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
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“This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.
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Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”
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Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:
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He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand—