Génesis 41:9

9 Finalmente habló el jefe de los coperos del rey: «Hoy he recordado mi falla —le dijo al faraón—.

Génesis 41:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:9

Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh
When the magicians and wise men could not interpret his dreams, he was in distress of mind on that account: saying, I do remember my faults this day;
which some interpret of his forgetfulness of Joseph and his afflictions, and of his ingratitude to him, and breach of promise in not making mention of him to Pharaoh before this time; but they seem rather to be faults he had committed against Pharaoh, and were the reason of his being wroth with him, as in ( Genesis 41:10 ) ; and these were either real faults, which the king had pardoned, or however such as he had been charged with, and cleared from; and which he now in a courtly manner takes to himself, and owns them, that the king's goodness and clemency to him might appear, and lest he should seem to charge the king with injustice in casting him into prison; which circumstance he could not avoid relating in the story he was about to tell.

Génesis 41:9 In-Context

7 ¡Entonces las espigas secas se tragaron a las siete robustas y bien formadas! El faraón volvió a despertarse y se dio cuenta de que era un sueño.

8 A la mañana siguiente, el faraón estaba muy perturbado por los sueños. Entonces llamó a todos los magos y a los sabios de Egipto. Cuando el faraón les contó sus sueños, ninguno de ellos pudo decirle lo que significaban.

9 Finalmente habló el jefe de los coperos del rey: «Hoy he recordado mi falla —le dijo al faraón—.

10 Hace un tiempo, usted se enojó con el jefe de los panaderos y conmigo, y nos encarceló en el palacio del capitán de la guardia.

11 Una noche, el jefe de los panaderos y yo tuvimos cada uno un sueño, y cada sueño tenía su propio significado.