Genesis 40:11

11 En Farao's beker was in mijn hand; en ik nam die druiven, en drukte ze uit in Farao's beker, en ik gaf den beker op Farao's hand.

Genesis 40:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:11

And Pharaoh's cup [was] in his hand
So it seemed to him in his dream, as it often had been when in his office: and I took the grapes;
from off the vine that was before him: and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup;
which some think was the custom of those times, to take a bunch of grapes and squeeze them into a cup, especially when they would make trial of what sort of wine they would produce; for it can hardly be thought that this was usually done, or that it was customary to drink such new wine; but it is more probable that the grapes were first pressed into another vessel, and so made wine of, and then poured into Pharaoh's cup, or mixed in it, though this circumstance is omitted. Indeed Herodotus ^F1 relates of the Egyptian priests, that wine pressed out of the vine is given them: and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;
as he had used to do.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Euterpe sive, l. 2. c. 37.

Genesis 40:11 In-Context

9 Toen vertelde de overste der schenkers Jozef zijn droom, en zeide tot hem: In mijn droom, zie, zo was een wijnstok voor mijn aangezicht;

10 En aan den wijnstok waren drie ranken; en hij was als bottende, zijn bloeisel ging op, zijn trossen brachten rijpe druiven voort.

11 En Farao's beker was in mijn hand; en ik nam die druiven, en drukte ze uit in Farao's beker, en ik gaf den beker op Farao's hand.

12 Toen zeide Jozef tot hem: Dit is zijn uitlegging: de drie ranken zijn drie dagen.

13 Binnen nog drie dagen zal Farao uw hoofd verheffen, en zal u in uw staat herstellen; en gij zult Farao's beker in zijn hand geven, naar de vorige wijze, toen gij zijn schenker waart.