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12 Then Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: the three branches represent three days; 13 within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head (present you in public) and restore you to your position; and you will [again] put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand just as [you did] when you were his cupbearer. 14 Only think of me when it goes well with you, and please show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house. 15 For in fact I was [a]taken (stolen) from the land of the Hebrews by [unlawful] force, and even here I have done nothing for which they should put me in the dungeon.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 40:15 The word here is much less personal than “kidnap.” Joseph was considered a “thing”—not a person.

12 “This is what it means,(A)” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.(B) 13 Within three days(C) Pharaoh will lift up your head(D) and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.(E) 14 But when all goes well with you, remember me(F) and show me kindness;(G) mention me to Pharaoh(H) and get me out of this prison. 15 I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews,(I) and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”(J)

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