Bible Strands
Genesis 40:13
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joseph addresses Pharaoh’s cupbearer in the prison, interpreting the dream of the vine’s three branches as a direct prediction of the official’s imminent reinstatement.
The words — יִשּׂא (yi.sa') means "he will lift up" and רֹאשֶׁךָ (ro.shekhā) means "your head," while הֲשִׁיבְךָ (ha.shivkha) translates literally to "he will restore you."
The thread — The same idiom appears in 2 Kings 25:27 and Jeremiah 52:31 regarding King Jehoiachin’s restoration, and in Psalms 3:3 describing divine deliverance.
Why it lands — The text states that Pharaoh will physically reinstate the cupbearer within a fixed three-day period, requiring the reader to recognize that spoken prophecy operates on exact timelines rather than vague promises.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 25:27 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
- Psalms 3:3 But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- Jeremiah 52:31 On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
- Genesis 7:4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
- Genesis 40:19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”