Genesis - 40:22



22 but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 40:22.

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The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.
And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
and the chief of the bakers he hath hanged, as Joseph hath interpreted to them;
But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.
the other he hanged on a gallows, and thus the truth of the interpreter of dreams was proven.
Principem autem pistorum suspendit, quemadmodum interpretatus fuerat eis Joseph.

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Historical Commentaries

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But he hanged the chief baker,.... The is, he ordered him to be hanged; because, as the same Targum says, he consulted to kill him (Pharaoh):
as Joseph had interpreted to them; the events as to both answered to the interpretation Joseph had given of their several dreams.

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