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Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh`s cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his butler.
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A Phrase with Two Fates
Commentators highlight the double meaning of the phrase "lift up thy head." For the butler, it meant restoration and honor. As Joseph will reveal to the baker, the same phrase can also mean execution. This demonstrates the precision of God's prophecy through Joseph; the same words could signify salvation or judgment, and only divine revelation could distinguish between them.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
An uncomplaining patience and an unhesitating hopefulness keep Joseph's heart in calm tranquility. There is a God above, and that God is with him. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head The Targum of Jonathan adds, with glory; and the sense is, either …
It was not so much the prison that made the butler and baker sad, but rather their dreams. God has more ways than one to sadden spirits. Joseph had…
