Genesis 40:22
Good News Translation
but he executed the chief baker. It all happened just as Joseph had said.

New Revised Standard Version
but the chief baker he hanged, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Contemporary English Version
and had the cook put to death. Everything happened just as Joseph had said it would,

New American Bible
but the chief baker he impaled—just as Joseph had told them in his interpretation.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.

he hanged.

Genesis 40:8,19 They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed: . . .

Genesis 41:11-13,16 Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come. . . .

Jeremiah 23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream: and he that hath my word, let him speak my word with truth: what hath the chaff to do with the wheat, saith the Lord?

Daniel 2:19-23,30 Then was the mystery revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, . . .

Daniel 5:12 Because a greater spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, and interpretation of dreams, and shewing of secrets, and resolving of difficult things, were found in him, that is, in Daniel: whom the king named Baltassar. Now, therefore, let Daniel be called for, and he will tell the interpretation.

Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom you put to death, hanging him upon a tree.

Context
The Cupbearer and the Baker
21And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup: 22The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.23But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.…
Cross References
Genesis 40:1
After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.

Genesis 40:19
After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.

Genesis 41:13
And we heard what afterwards the event of the thing proved to be so. For I was restored to my office: and he was hanged upon a gibbet.

Esther 7:10
So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.

Genesis 40:21
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