Study it in the app“But think of me when it goes well with you, and show, please, loyal love to me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house.”
Butכִּי אִםthink of meזְכַרְתַּנִי אִתְּךָwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרit goes wellיִיטַבwith you,לָךְand show,וְעָשִׂיתָplease,נָּאloyal loveחָסֶדto me,עִמָּדִיand mention meוְהִזְכַּרְתַּנִיto Pharaoh,אֶל פַּרְעֹהand get me outוְהוֹצֵאתַנִיof thisמִן הַזֶּהhouse.הַבַּיִת
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zecharta” appearsgo well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearsfaithfulness
Loyal love between people, faithfulness and kindness.
Where else “chased” appearswith me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “hotseta” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, after the former manner when you were his cupbearer.
14 · This verse (above)
15For I was stolen away from the land of the Hebrews, and here too I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”
1. What it says
What did Joseph interpret for the two officials, and what happened to the cupbearer (vv. 12-23)?
2. What it means
What does Joseph say about himself when he says interpretations belong to Elohim (v. 8)?
3. How I live it
How can you serve others even in your own difficult times?
