Genesis 40:23 “The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all a…”

Genesis 40:23

The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

World English Bible

Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.

American Standard Version

Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet the chiefe butler did not remember Ioseph, but forgate him.

Darby Translation

But the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.

Young's Literal Translation

and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.

Bible in Basic English

But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.

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Cross references

“but forgat him”

Job 19:14 Psalm 31:12 Psalm 105:19 Amos 6:6 Ecclesiastes 9:15 Ecclesiastes 9:16

Job 19:14 · BSB

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

Psalm 31:12 · BSB

I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

Psalm 105:19 · BSB

until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

Amos 6:6 · BSB

You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Ecclesiastes 9:15 · BSB

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:16 · BSB

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

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

In context

22But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

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