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And the birds will eat away your flesh.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/40.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/40.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/40.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/40.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a wooden <i>post,</i> and the birds will eat your flesh off you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/40.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh off you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head off of you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off of you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head and will hang you on a tree (gallows, pole), and [you will not so much as be given a burial, but] the birds will eat your flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/40.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />within yet 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and in three days the king will cut off your head. He will hang your body on a pole, and birds will come and peck at it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/40.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />within yet 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In the next three days Pharaoh will cut off your head and hang your dead body on a pole. The birds will eat the flesh from your bones."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/40.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In three days the king will release you--and have your head cut off! Then he will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/40.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Within three more days, Pharaoh will behead you and hang you on gallows, where birds will eat your flesh from you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/40.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and impale you on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh off you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/40.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />yet, within three days Pharaoh lifts up your head from off you, and has hanged you on a tree, and the birds have eaten your flesh from off you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Yet in three days, Pharaoh will lift up thy head above thee, and hang thee upon a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />After which Pharao will take thy hand from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />after which Pharaoh will carry away your head, and also suspend you from a cross, and the birds will tear your flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/40.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />within three days Pharaoh will single you out and will impale you on a stake, and the birds will be eating your flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and hang you on a pole; and the birds will eat the flesh from you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />After three days Pharaoh shall have you beheaded, and then shall crucify you on a tree, and the birds of prey shall eat your flesh from off you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />After three days Pharaoh will take your head from you and he will hang you on a tree and a bird will eat your flesh from you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />within yet 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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Yet three days, and Pharao shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/40-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=10247" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/40.htm">The Cupbearer and the Baker</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: bə·‘ō·wḏ (Prep-b:: Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">Within</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lō·šeṯ (Number-msc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">three</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: p̄ar·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: yiś·śā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">will lift off</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rō·šə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">your head</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·le·ḵā (Prep-m:: 2ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8518.htm" title="8518: wə·ṯā·lāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To hang. A primitive root; to suspend.">and hang</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·wṯ·ḵā (DirObjM:: 2ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">a tree.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: hā·‘ō·wp̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">Then the birds</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">will eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">the flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·le·ḵā (Prep-m:: 2ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">of your body.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26</a></span><br />So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/15-15.htm">Mark 15:15</a></span><br />And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-24.htm">Luke 23:24</a></span><br />So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-16.htm">John 19:16</a></span><br />Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-2.htm">Acts 12:2</a></span><br />He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">2 Kings 25:27</a></span><br />On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-31.htm">Jeremiah 52:31</a></span><br />On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/7-10.htm">Esther 7:10</a></span><br />So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/5-30.htm">Daniel 5:30</a></span><br />That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-9.htm">1 Samuel 31:9</a></span><br />They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/4-12.htm">2 Samuel 4:12</a></span><br />So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">2 Kings 9:30-37</a></span><br />Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. / And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?” / He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-7.htm">2 Kings 10:7</a></span><br />And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-21.htm">2 Chronicles 24:21</a></span><br />But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/14-10.htm">Matthew 14:10</a></span><br />and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree; and the birds shall eat your flesh from off you.</p><p class="hdg">within.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/40-13.htm">Genesis 40:13</a></b></br> Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.</p><p class="hdg">lift up thy head from off thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/40-22.htm">Genesis 40:22</a></b></br> But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/41-13.htm">Genesis 41:13</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/21-22.htm">Deuteronomy 21:22,23</a></b></br> And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: … </p><p class="hdg">and the birds.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/40-17.htm">Genesis 40:17</a></b></br> And in the uppermost basket <i>there was</i> of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/17-44.htm">1 Samuel 17:44,46</a></b></br> And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/21-10.htm">2 Samuel 21:10</a></b></br> And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/40-17.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/40-17.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/genesis/37-27.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/40-17.htm">Food</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-12.htm">Hang</a> <a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Hanged</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Hanging</a> <a href="/genesis/40-17.htm">Head</a> <a href="/genesis/40-13.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/genesis/40-17.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/genesis/40-15.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/genesis/40-18.htm">Three</a> <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/genesis/40-13.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/16-13.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/41-21.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/genesis/41-2.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/41-2.htm">Food</a> <a href="/exodus/26-12.htm">Hang</a> <a href="/genesis/40-22.htm">Hanged</a> <a href="/genesis/40-22.htm">Hanging</a> <a href="/genesis/40-20.htm">Head</a> <a href="/genesis/41-44.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/genesis/40-21.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/genesis/41-10.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/genesis/42-17.htm">Three</a> <a href="/exodus/3-2.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/exodus/3-2.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 40</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/40-1.htm">The chief butler and baker of Pharaoh are also imprisoned.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/40-5.htm">Joseph interprets their dreams.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/40-20.htm">They are accomplished according to his interpretation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/40-23.htm">The ingratitude of the butler, in forgetting Joseph.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the Hebrew context, the number three often signifies completeness or divine perfection. The use of "three days" here underscores the certainty and divine orchestration of the events to come. It reflects a pattern seen throughout Scripture where God uses a three-day period to bring about significant change or revelation, such as Jonah in the belly of the fish or Jesus in the tomb.<p><b>Pharaoh</b><br />The title "Pharaoh" refers to the ruler of ancient Egypt, a position of immense power and authority. In the historical context, Pharaohs were considered divine or semi-divine figures, ruling with absolute authority. This highlights the gravity of the situation for the cupbearer and baker, as their fates rest in the hands of a powerful earthly king, contrasting with Joseph's reliance on the sovereignty of God.<p><b>will lift off your head</b><br />This phrase is a vivid and grim metaphor for execution. In Hebrew, the phrase can also imply a play on words, as "lifting the head" can mean both to restore someone to a position of honor or to execute them. Here, it is a foreboding prophecy of the baker's fate, emphasizing the dual nature of power—capable of both restoration and destruction.<p><b>and hang you on a tree</b><br />The act of hanging on a tree was a common method of execution and public humiliation in ancient times. In <a href="/deuteronomy/21-22.htm">Deuteronomy 21:22-23</a>, being hung on a tree is associated with being cursed by God. This adds a layer of spiritual significance to the baker's fate, suggesting divine judgment and the seriousness of sin and rebellion against God's ordained order.<p><b>Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body</b><br />This imagery is both literal and symbolic. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the desecration of a body by birds was considered a great dishonor, signifying total defeat and disgrace. Scripturally, it serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of sin and the finality of God's judgment. It also foreshadows the ultimate victory of God's justice over evil, as seen in prophetic literature where the enemies of God are left for the birds (e.g., <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/40.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee.</span>--In <a href="/genesis/40-13.htm" title="Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head, and restore you to your place: and you shall deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when you were his butler.">Genesis 40:13</a> the lifting up of the butler's head meant his elevation to his former rank. Here there is the significant addition "from off thee," implying that he would be beheaded, and his body publicly exposed to ignominy.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/40-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Within</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּע֣וֹד ׀</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more</span><br /><br /><span class="word">three</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three, third, thrice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Pharaoh</span><br /><span class="heb">פַרְעֹ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ar·‘ōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will lift</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשָּׂ֨א</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your head</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹֽאשְׁךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(rō·šə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">off of you</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ā·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and hang</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתָלָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8518.htm">Strong's 8518: </a> </span><span class="str2">To suspend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹתְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·wṯ·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a tree.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֑ץ</span> <span class="translit">(‘êṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then the birds</span><br /><span class="heb">הָע֛וֹף</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ō·wp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flying creatures</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will eat</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָכַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the flesh</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשָׂרְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(bə·śā·rə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your body.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעָלֶֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ā·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/40-19.htm">Genesis 40:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/40-19.htm">OT Law: Genesis 40:19 Within three more days Pharaoh will lift (Gen. 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