Genesis 40:22

22 alterum suspendit in patibulo ut coniectoris veritas probaretur

Genesis 40:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:22

But he hanged the chief baker
The is, he ordered him to be hanged; because, as the same Targum says, he consulted to kill him (Pharaoh): as Joseph had interpreted to them;
the events as to both answered to the interpretation Joseph had given of their several dreams.

Genesis 40:22 In-Context

20 exin dies tertius natalicius Pharaonis erat qui faciens grande convivium pueris suis recordatus est inter epulas magistri pincernarum et pistorum principis

21 restituitque alterum in locum suum ut porrigeret regi poculum

22 alterum suspendit in patibulo ut coniectoris veritas probaretur

23 et tamen succedentibus prosperis praepositus pincernarum oblitus est interpretis sui