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but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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God's Word Is Proven True
All commentators agree that the execution of the baker, exactly as Joseph predicted, serves as undeniable proof of the divine origin of his interpretation. This wasn't a lucky guess but a direct fulfillment of a message from God, confirming that Joseph was His instrument.
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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
But he hanged the chief baker That is, he ordered him to be hanged; because, as the same Targum says, he consulted t…
Joseph's interpretation of the dreams came to pass on the very day fixed. On Pharaoh's birthday, all his servants attended him, and then the cases …
