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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 as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. (Psa. 31:12)
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Eccl. 9:15‑16• 15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless 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 they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (Amos 6:6)

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Butler,
Joseph

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 familiar friends have forgotten me. (Job 19:14)
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Psa. 31:12• 12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. (Psa. 31:12)
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Psa. 105:19• 19Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him. (Psa. 105:19)
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Eccl. 9:15‑16• 15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless 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 they are not grieved for the affliction 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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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