Genesis 40:19

19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”

Genesis 40:19 in Other Translations

KJV
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
ESV
19 In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head--from you!--and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you."
NLT
19 Three days from now Pharaoh will lift you up and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh.”
MSG
19 within three days Pharaoh will take off your head, impale you on a post, and the birds will pick your bones clean."
CSB
19 In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head-from off you-and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body."

Genesis 40:19 In-Context

17 In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
18 “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.
19 Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”
20 Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials:
21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand—

Cross References 4

  • 1. ver 13
  • 2. S ver 13
  • 3. ver 22; Deuteronomy 21:22-23; Esther 2:23; Esther 7:10
  • 4. Deuteronomy 28:26; 1 Samuel 17:44; 2 Samuel 21:10; 1 Kings 14:11; 1 Kings 16:4; 1 Kings 21:24; Ezekiel 39:4
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