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Genesis 40:23

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

KJV

Et tamen succedentibus prosperis, præpositus pincernarum oblitus est interpretis sui.

Vulgate

οὐκ ἐμνήσθη δὲ ὁ ἀρχιοινοχόος τοῦ Ἰωσήφ, ἀλλὰ ἐπελάθετο αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/לֹֽא זָכַ֧ר שַֽׂר הַ/מַּשְׁקִ֛ים אֶת יוֹסֵ֖ף וַ/יִּשְׁכָּחֵֽ/הוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַשְׁקֵ֨ה
mshqh
noun · 19×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 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.
  • Esth 6:3 — And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
  • Gen 41:9 — Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
  • Heb 13:3 — Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
  • Job 19:14 — My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
  • Neh 1:11 — O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and
  • Ps 31:12 — I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.