But Pharaoh impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had predicted when he interpreted his dream.
Parallel translations
- WEB but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
- KJV But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
- BSB But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
- NKJV But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
- NASB but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Quick answer
The baker is executed, just as Joseph had interpreted.
Overview
The fulfillment of both dreams confirms Joseph as a reliable interpreter through whom God speaks. The contrast between the two men shows that the same revelation can mean life or death. Joseph's accuracy demonstrates that the Lord was with him even in prison.
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- Gen 40:19Within 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.”
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Gen 41:11–13We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
- Jer 23:28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.
- Dan 2:19–23Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
- Gen 41:16Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
- Dan 2:30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
- Dan 5:12because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
- Gen 40:8They said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it.” Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me.”
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