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Genesis 40

Gen. 40:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yet did not the chief
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
butler
shaqah (Hebrew #8248)
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
KJV usage: cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See 7937, 8354.
Pronounce: shaw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
remember
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
, buta forgat
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
him.
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Psa. 31:12• 12I am forgotten in their heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel. (Psa. 31:12)
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Eccl. 9:15‑16• 15and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.
 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. (Eccl. 9:15‑16)
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Amos 6:6• 6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph. (Amos 6:6)

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Butler,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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but forgat him.
Job 19:14• 14My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me. (Job 19:14)
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Psa. 31:12• 12I am forgotten in their heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel. (Psa. 31:12)
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Psa. 105:19• 19Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him. (Psa. 105:19)
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Eccl. 9:15‑16• 15and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.
 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. (Eccl. 9:15‑16)
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Amos 6:6• 6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph. (Amos 6:6)
• God would work in His own way. If the chief butler forgot Joseph in his prosperity, God did not. (“Genesis 40” by W. Kelly)
• Satan uses the wickedness of the brethren to banish Joseph from house and home; he uses Potiphar's wicked wife to bring Joseph into prison; and he uses Pharaoh's ungrateful butler to keep him there. (“Suffering and Supported” by H. Smith)
• Had Joseph got his way when he made the request of the butler, all very likely that he would have gained as the result of such intercession on his behalf, would have been restoration to the place that he had lost, and most probably not so much as that; but when God's time came, he was brought forth from prison to sit among princes. (“Joseph and His Brethren: Part 3” by F.T. Heath)
• The Lord was for Joseph, too, as well as with him-it could not be otherwise. And though the chief butler forgot him, He did not. (“Joseph and His Brethren: Part 3” by F.T. Heath)
• "God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." 1 Cor. 10:13. If we do thus wait for Him, He leads in triumph, and none can stay His hand. (“Joseph and His Brethren: Part 3” by F.T. Heath)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph, and forgot him.

W. Kelly Translation

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Yet the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph but forgot him.