Genesis 41:9

9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings.

Genesis 41:9 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
English Standard Version (ESV)
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "I remember my offenses today.
New Living Translation (NLT)
9 Finally, the king’s chief cup-bearer spoke up. “Today I have been reminded of my failure,” he told Pharaoh.
The Message Bible (MSG)
9 The head cupbearer then spoke up and said to Pharaoh, "I just now remembered something - I'm sorry, I should have told you this long ago.
American Standard Version (ASV)
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, "I remember a promise I failed to keep.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I remember my faults.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
9 Then the chief wine taster spoke up. He said to Pharaoh, "Now I remember that I've done something wrong.

Genesis 41:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:9

Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh
When the magicians and wise men could not interpret his dreams, he was in distress of mind on that account: saying, I do remember my faults this day;
which some interpret of his forgetfulness of Joseph and his afflictions, and of his ingratitude to him, and breach of promise in not making mention of him to Pharaoh before this time; but they seem rather to be faults he had committed against Pharaoh, and were the reason of his being wroth with him, as in ( Genesis 41:10 ) ; and these were either real faults, which the king had pardoned, or however such as he had been charged with, and cleared from; and which he now in a courtly manner takes to himself, and owns them, that the king's goodness and clemency to him might appear, and lest he should seem to charge the king with injustice in casting him into prison; which circumstance he could not avoid relating in the story he was about to tell.

Genesis 41:9 In-Context

7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
8 In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings.
10 Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard.
11 Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Genesis 40:14
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