Genesis 40:19 “Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tr…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

World English Bible

Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.”

American Standard Version

within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Within three dayes shall Pharaoh take thine head from thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birdes shall eate thy flesh from off thee.

Darby Translation

In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.

Young's Literal Translation

yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.'

Bible in Basic English

After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.

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Cross references

“hang thee”

Genesis 40:22 Genesis 41:13 Joshua 8:29 Joshua 10:26 2 Samuel 21:6 Proverbs 30:17

Genesis 40:22 · BSB

But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

Genesis 41:13 · BSB

And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”

Joshua 8:29 · BSB

He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks,…

Joshua 10:26 · BSB

After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.

2 Samuel 21:6 · BSB

let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.

Proverbs 30:17 · BSB

As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

“and the birds”

Genesis 40:17 1 Samuel 17:44 1 Samuel 17:46 2 Samuel 21:10 Ezekiel 39:4 Acts 20:27

Genesis 40:17 · BSB

In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

1 Samuel 17:44 · BSB

“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

1 Samuel 17:46 · BSB

This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole wo…

2 Samuel 21:10 · BSB

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to re…

Ezekiel 39:4 · BSB

On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.

Acts 20:27 · BSB

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

Also

Genesis 40:13

Genesis 40:13 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

20On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

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