Genesis 40:23
Strong's Lexicon
The chief
שַֽׂר־ (śar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8269: 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain 1a) chieftain, leader 1b) vassal, noble, official (under king) 1c) captain, general, commander (military) 1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes) 1e) heads, princes (of religious office) 1f) elders (of representative leaders of people) 1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity) 1h) patron-angel 1i) Ruler of rulers (of God) 1j) warden

cupbearer,
הַמַּשְׁקִ֛ים (ham·maš·qîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4945: 1) irrigation, drink 1a) irrigation 1b) drink, drinking vessels 1c) butlership (office of butler) 2) butler, cup-bearer

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

however, did not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

remember
זָכַ֧ר (zā·ḵar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2142: 1) to remember, recall, call to mind 1a) (Qal) to remember, recall 1b) (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to remember, remind 1c2) to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance 1c3) to mention 1c4) to record 1c5) to make a memorial, make remembrance

Joseph;
יוֹסֵ֖ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph = 'Jehovah has added' 1) the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel 2) father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies 3) a son of Asaph 4) a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 5) a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

he forgot all about him
וַיִּשְׁכָּחֵֽהוּ׃ (way·yiš·kā·ḥê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7911: 1) to forget, ignore, wither 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to forget 1a2) to cease to care 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget 1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

Young's Literal Translation
and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

New American Standard Bible
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

King James Bible
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

New Living Translation
Pharaoh's chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought.

English Standard Version
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

New American Standard Bible
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

King James Bible
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

International Standard Version
Despite all of this, the senior security advisor not only didn't remember Joseph, he deliberately forgot him.

NET Bible
But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph--he forgot him.

American Standard Version
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

English Revised Version
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

Young's Literal Translation
and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.
















Cross References
Genesis 41:1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

Genesis 41:9
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

Job 19:14
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

Psalm 31:12
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now 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.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 40:22
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Genesis 40:21
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

Genesis 40:20
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

Genesis 41:2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

Genesis 41:3
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
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