Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 41:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
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Role in This Section
The cupbearer says the two outcomes occurred exactly as Joseph interpreted: he was restored to office and the baker was executed. Fulfillment supplies the reason Pharaoh should take the report seriously.
Read It With
- Genesis 41:1–36
Read verses 9–14 and Genesis 40:12–23. The remembered interpretations, exact outcomes, and the new unresolved dreams lead directly to Pharaoh's summons.
Why It Needs Context
The verse validates Joseph's earlier words within the narrative. It does not make modern dream interpreters infallible or endorse Pharaoh's execution decision as just.
Read Genesis 41:9–13 together
Why these verses belong together: The cupbearer remembers, recounts confinement and paired dreams, identifies Joseph, and reports exact fulfillment.
Verse 9. 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Verse 10. 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
Verse 11. 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
Verse 12. 12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
Verse 13. 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 41:1–36 — Pharaoh Dreams, Joseph Interprets, and Egypt Is WarnedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed text, delay, dreams, recollection, summons, interpretation, counsel, response, later grain movement, and later famine administration.
Exact location: Genesis 41:1–36; 40:20–23; 41:37–57; 42:1–9; 47:13–26 in the pinned standardized 1769 KJV
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Two-full-years phrase, Nile and dream wording, troubled spirit, hartummim, cupbearer faults, pit and clothing, bil'adai, shalom Pharaoh, dream duplication, discernment, fifth, reserve, and land-preservation wording.
Exact location: WLC Genesis 41:1–36, especially vv. 1, 8–9, 14–16, 24–36
Open source ↗