Genesis 41:9-13 - Exposition

Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day :—literally, my faults (sc. am) remembering today; but whether he understood by his faults his ingratitude to Joseph or his offense against Pharaoh commentators are not agreed, though the latter seems the more probable— Pharaoh was wroth with his servants ,—literally, broke out against them ( vide Genesis 40:2 )— and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house ,—literally, put me in custody of the house of the captain of the slaughterers (cf. Genesis 40:3 )—b oth me and the chief baker: and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream ( vide Genesis 40:5 ). And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard ( vide Genesis 37:36 ); and we told him (so. our dreams), and he interpreted to us our dreams ( vide Genesis 40:12 , Genesis 40:13 , Genesis 40:18 , Genesis 40:19 ); to each man according to his dream he did interpret. And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he (not Pharaoh, but Joseph) restored unto mine office, and him he hanged ( vide Genesis 40:21 , Genesis 40:22 ).