Genesis 40

Jacob's dream reveals the nature of the kingdom of God from the foundation upon earth to the heaven above. Babylon sought to build a tower from the earth to the heavens^[1] but Nimrods method brought confusion and divided the people and scattered them as they degenerated becoming a top down rulership of the Masses through the welfare State, severing the social bonds of a free state that only are preserved with the perfect law of liberty. Jacob's dream talks of angels^[2], as messengers of God^[3] who go up and down is about the form of governance required to become Israel. Abimelech^[4] and the Pharaoh had dreams^[5] and the Baker and the Butler did too. Dreams^[2] were significant in Egyptian culture and in the story of the Bible but they did not and do not always come true. Joseph had dreams^[2] had information about the future and he interpreted the dreams of others. Are dream just a product of your imagination from your subconscious mind? Joseph's dreams came true and what he said about the dreams of others also came true, according to the story that came to us from Moses. Zaphenat-Pa’aneah (pronounced tsof·nath' pah·nā'·akh), would be the name given to Joseph. In Genesis 41:38 Pharaoh saw the spirit of the life giver in Joseph and gave him a name that expressed that idea, Zaphenath. When transformed into Egyptian the name has been matched with the word Sekhemhet. Many associate Joseph with the name Imhotep a name that means “the One Who Comes in Peace.”
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V1 "And it came to pass after these things, that the butler(מַשְׁקֵ֥ה)^[6] of the king of Egypt and his baker(וְהָאֹפֶ֑ה)^[7] had offended their lord(לַאֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם)^[8] the king(לְמֶ֥לֶךְ)^[9] of Egypt(מִצְרָֽיִם׃).^[10]
V15 He says gunnabtî (גֻּנַּ֔בְתִּי) Gimel Nun Beit Tav Yod "I was stolen away" from the root ganab (גָּנַב) meaning secretly stole. In this text we see ( כי־גנב גנבתי) ki gunb gunnabti where the author repeats the word informs that suggest the injustice of him brought to this place or state.
We saw ganub (גָּנ֥וּב) shall not be counted stolen in Genesis 30:33^[11] that Jacob used this term making a deal with Labon so as to ensure he was not counted a thief.
Again when "Rachel had (וַתִּגְנֹ֣ב) stolen the images" that were the symbol of the authority of Laban to tax his people in Genesis 31:19^[12] Laban uses the term which appears 8 times in Genesis 31, even in verse 20^[13] when Jacob departs in secret.
Verse 15 has this word dungeon^[14], "that they should put me into the dungeon." (כי־שמו אתי בבור) ki smu that they should put (אתי) me (בבור) into the dungeon Beit Beit Vav Reish.
We saw in Genesis 37:29 HEB: אֵין־ יוֹסֵ֖ף (בַּבּ֑וֹר) וַיִּקְרַ֖ע אֶת־ "and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit;"
There is another occurrence of these letters Beit Beit Vav Reish in Psalms 88:6 HEB: שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים KJV: "me in the lowest pit, in darkness,"
There is one other occurrence in the Hebrew (צָֽמְת֤וּ בַבּוֹר֙ חַיָּ֔י וַיַּדּוּ־) which is appropriately in Lamentations 3:53 "46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, 50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. 51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. 52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon (בַבּוֹר֙), and cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. 55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon (מִבּ֖וֹר). 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry."

Questions




1

The butler and the baker

1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler(מַשְׁקֵ֥ה)^[6] of the king of Egypt and his baker^[7] had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

They dreamed

5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

The butler dreams

9 And the chief butler^[6] told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

interpretation

12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

13 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.

14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.^[14]

The chief baker

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

interpretation

18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

19 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.

The third day

20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

↑ Genesis 11:4 "And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2
Dreams and messages
- Genesis 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
- Deuteronomy 13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
- 1 Kings 3:5 "And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, ‘Ask what I should give you.’"
- Daniel 2:1 "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter."
- Job 33:14-16 "For God may speak in one way, or in another, yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on their beds, then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction."
- Matthew 1:20 "But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife...'"
- Matthew 2:13 "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
↑ 04397 מֲלְאָךְ‎ mal’ak [mal-awk’] MemLamedAlefKaf from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; n m; [BDB-521b] [{See TWOT on 1068 @@ "1068a" }] AV-angel 111, messenger 98, ambassadors 4, variant 1; 214
1) messenger, representative
1a) messenger

1b) angel

1c) the theophanic angel
↑ Genesis 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man' s wife.
↑ 02472 חֲלוֹם‎ chalowm khal-ome’ or (shortened) חלם‎ chalom khal-ome’ from 02492 to dream; n m; [BDB-321b] {See TWOT on 663 @@ "663a" } AV-dream 64, dreamer + 01167 1; 65
1) dream
1a) dream (ordinary)

1b) dream (with prophetic meaning)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2
08248 שָׁקָה‎ shaqah shaw-kaw’ a primitive root ShinKufHey; v; [BDB-1052a] {See TWOT on 2452 } AV-drink 43, water 17, butler 9, cupbearer 3, misc 1; 74
1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to water, irrigate

1a2) to water, give drink to

1b) (Pual) to be watered

1c) (Niphal) variant
- The chief butler (הַמַּשְׁקִ֔ים) of Genesis 41 may have done more than carry drink for the pharaoh since the word translated chief is Sar (שַׂ֣ר) or prince.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 0644 אָפָה‎ ‘aphah aw-faw’ a primitive root; v; [BDB-66a] {See TWOT on 143} AV-bake 13, baker 11, bakemeats + 04639 1; 25
1) to bake
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bake

1a2) (subst) baker

1b) (Niphal) to be baked, baked
↑ 0113 אָדוֹן‎ ‘adown aw-done’ or (shortened) אדן‎ ‘adon aw-done’ from an unused root (meaning to rule); n m; [BDB-10b] {See TWOT on 27 @@ "27b" } AV-lord 197, master(s) 105, Lord 31, owner 1, sir 1; 335
1) firm, strong, lord, master
1a) lord, master
1a1) reference to men
1a1a) superintendent of household, of affairs

1a1b) master

1a1c) king

1a2) reference to God
1a2a) the Lord God

1a2b) Lord of the whole earth

1b) lords, kings
1b1) reference to men
1b1a) proprietor of hill of Samaria

1b1b) master

1b1c) husband

1b1d) prophet

1b1e) governor

1b1f) prince

1b1g) king

1b2) reference to God
1b2a) Lord of lords (probably= "thy husband, Yahweh")

1c) my lord, my master
1c1) reference to men
1c1a) master

1c1b) husband

1c1c) prophet

1c1d) prince

1c1e) king

1c1f) father

1c1g) Moses

1c1h) priest

1c1i) theophanic angel

1c1j) captain

1c1k) general recognition of superiority

1c2) reference to God
1c2a) my Lord, my Lord and my God

1c2b) Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)
↑
04428 מֶלֶךְ‎ MemLamedKaf melek [meh’-lek] but can appear as בְּמַלְכָּֽם 04445 BeitMemLamedKafMem as we see in Zephaniah 1:5 from 04427, Greek 3197 Μελχι; n m/n pr m/n pr dei; [BDB-572b] [{See TWOT on 1199 @@ "1199a" }] AV-king 2518, royal 2, Hammelech 1, Malcham 1, Moloch 1; 2523
- n m
1) king
- n pr m
2) father of Jerahmeel
- n pr dei
3) Molech, god of the Ammonites
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04714 מִצְרַיִם‎ Mitsrayim mits-rah’-yim dual of 04693 without the Yodmem besieged places; n pr loc/n pr gent; [BDB-595b] {See TWOT on 1235 } AV-Egypt 586, Egyptian 90, Mizraim 4, Egyptians + 01121 1; 681
Egypt= "land of the Copts"

n pr loc

1) a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows

Egyptians= "double straits"

adj pr gent

2) the inhabitants or natives of Egypt
- Came to mean a place of bondage
↑ Genesis 30:33 "So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that (גָּנ֥וּב)shall be counted stolen with me."
↑ Genesis 31:19 "And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's."
↑ Genesis 31:20 "And Jacob (וַיִּגְנֹ֣ב) stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled."
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1
0953 בּוֹר‎ bowr bore BeitVavReish from 0952 בּוּר‎ buwr boor BeitVavReish declare (in the sense of 0877); n m; [BDB-92a, BDB-92b] {See TWOT on 194 @@ "194e"} AV-pit 42, cistern 4, dungeon 11, well 9, dungeon + 01004 2, fountain 1; 69
1) pit, well, cistern
- See also 0877 בֹּאר‎ bo’r Beit Alef Reish pit, well; from 0874 בֹּאר‎ baar to make plain, distinct, to declare

[1] Genesis 11:4 "And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."

[dreamFN-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Dreams and messages
Genesis 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

Deuteronomy 13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

1 Kings 3:5 "And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, ‘Ask what I should give you.’"

Daniel 2:1 "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter."

Job 33:14-16 "For God may speak in one way, or in another, yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on their beds, then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction."

Matthew 1:20 "But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife...'"

Matthew 2:13 "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”

[3] Genesis 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

[4] Deuteronomy 13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

[5] 1 Kings 3:5 "And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, ‘Ask what I should give you.’"

[6] Daniel 2:1 "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter."

[7] Job 33:14-16 "For God may speak in one way, or in another, yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on their beds, then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction."

[8] Matthew 1:20 "But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife...'"

[9] Matthew 2:13 "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”

[malak-3] 04397 מֲלְאָךְ‎ mal’ak [mal-awk’] MemLamedAlefKaf from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; n m; [BDB-521b] [{See TWOT on 1068 @@ "1068a" }] AV-angel 111, messenger 98, ambassadors 4, variant 1; 214
1) messenger, representative
1a) messenger

1b) angel

1c) the theophanic angel

[4] Genesis 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man' s wife.

[chalowm-5] 02472 חֲלוֹם‎ chalowm khal-ome’ or (shortened) חלם‎ chalom khal-ome’ from 02492 to dream; n m; [BDB-321b] {See TWOT on 663 @@ "663a" } AV-dream 64, dreamer + 01167 1; 65
1) dream
1a) dream (ordinary)

1b) dream (with prophetic meaning)

[shaqah-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 08248 שָׁקָה‎ shaqah shaw-kaw’ a primitive root Shin Kuf Hey; v; [BDB-1052a] {See TWOT on 2452 } AV-drink 43, water 17, butler 9, cupbearer 3, misc 1; 74
1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to water, irrigate

1a2) to water, give drink to

1b) (Pual) to be watered

1c) (Niphal) variant

The chief butler (הַמַּשְׁקִ֔ים) of Genesis 41 may have done more than carry drink for the pharaoh since the word translated chief is Sar (שַׂ֣ר) or prince.

[14] The chief butler (הַמַּשְׁקִ֔ים) of Genesis 41 may have done more than carry drink for the pharaoh since the word translated chief is Sar (שַׂ֣ר) or prince.

[aphah-7] 7.0 ^7.1 0644 אָפָה‎ ‘aphah aw-faw’ a primitive root; v; [BDB-66a] {See TWOT on 143} AV-bake 13, baker 11, bakemeats + 04639 1; 25
1) to bake
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bake

1a2) (subst) baker

1b) (Niphal) to be baked, baked

[adon-8] 0113 אָדוֹן‎ ‘adown aw-done’ or (shortened) אדן‎ ‘adon aw-done’ from an unused root (meaning to rule); n m; [BDB-10b] {See TWOT on 27 @@ "27b" } AV-lord 197, master(s) 105, Lord 31, owner 1, sir 1; 335
1) firm, strong, lord, master
1a) lord, master
1a1) reference to men
1a1a) superintendent of household, of affairs

1a1b) master

1a1c) king

1a2) reference to God
1a2a) the Lord God

1a2b) Lord of the whole earth

1b) lords, kings
1b1) reference to men
1b1a) proprietor of hill of Samaria

1b1b) master

1b1c) husband

1b1d) prophet

1b1e) governor

1b1f) prince

1b1g) king

1b2) reference to God
1b2a) Lord of lords (probably= "thy husband, Yahweh")

1c) my lord, my master
1c1) reference to men
1c1a) master

1c1b) husband

1c1c) prophet

1c1d) prince

1c1e) king

1c1f) father

1c1g) Moses

1c1h) priest

1c1i) theophanic angel

1c1j) captain

1c1k) general recognition of superiority

1c2) reference to God
1c2a) my Lord, my Lord and my God

1c2b) Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)

[melak-9] 04428 מֶלֶךְ‎ MemLamedKaf melek [meh’-lek] but can appear as בְּמַלְכָּֽם 04445 BeitMemLamedKafMem as we see in Zephaniah 1:5 from 04427, Greek 3197 Μελχι; n m/n pr m/n pr dei; [BDB-572b] [{See TWOT on 1199 @@ "1199a" }] AV-king 2518, royal 2, Hammelech 1, Malcham 1, Moloch 1; 2523
n m

1) king

n pr m

2) father of Jerahmeel

n pr dei

3) Molech, god of the Ammonites

[18] n m

[19] r m

[20] r dei

[misryam-10] 04714 מִצְרַיִם‎ Mitsrayim mits-rah’-yim dual of 04693 without the Yodmem besieged places; n pr loc/n pr gent; [BDB-595b] {See TWOT on 1235 } AV-Egypt 586, Egyptian 90, Mizraim 4, Egyptians + 01121 1; 681
Egypt= "land of the Copts"

n pr loc

1) a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows

Egyptians= "double straits"

adj pr gent

2) the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

Came to mean a place of bondage

[22] Came to mean a place of bondage

[11] Genesis 30:33 "So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that (גָּנ֥וּב)shall be counted stolen with me."

[12] Genesis 31:19 "And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's."

[13] Genesis 31:20 "And Jacob (וַיִּגְנֹ֣ב) stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled."

[bowr-14] 14.0 ^14.1 0953 בּוֹר‎ bowr bore Beit Vav Reish from 0952 בּוּר‎ buwr boor Beit Vav Reish declare (in the sense of 0877); n m; [BDB-92a, BDB-92b] {See TWOT on 194 @@ "194e"} AV-pit 42, cistern 4, dungeon 11, well 9, dungeon + 01004 2, fountain 1; 69
1) pit, well, cistern

See also 0877 בֹּאר‎ bo’r Beit Alef Reish pit, well; from 0874 בֹּאר‎ baar to make plain, distinct, to declare

[27] See also 0877 בֹּאר‎ bo’r Beit Alef Reish pit, well; from 0874 בֹּאר‎ baar to make plain, distinct, to declare

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Genesis 40

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