Genesis 40:21
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And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup:

gave the cup.

Genesis 40:13 After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou was wont to do.

Nehemiah 2:1 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king: that wine was before him, and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king: and I was as one languishing away before his face.

Context
The Cupbearer and the Baker
20The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker. 21And he restored the one to his place, to present him the cup:22The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.…
Cross References
Genesis 40:2
And Pharao being angry with them, (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker,)

Genesis 40:13
After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou was wont to do.

Genesis 41:13
And we heard what afterwards the event of the thing proved to be so. For I was restored to my office: and he was hanged upon a gibbet.

Nehemiah 1:11
I beseech thee, O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name: and direct thy servant this day, and give him mercy before this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Psalm 105:19
Until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.

Lexicon
Pharaoh restored
וַיָּ֛שֶׁב (way·yā·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

the chief
שַׂ֥ר (śar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

cupbearer
הַמַּשְׁקִ֖ים (ham·maš·qîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4945: Causing to drink, a butler, drink, a well-watered region

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his position,
מַשְׁקֵ֑הוּ (maš·qê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4945: Causing to drink, a butler, drink, a well-watered region

so that he once again placed
וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

the cup
הַכּ֖וֹס (hak·kō·ws)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3563: A cup, a lot, some unclean bird, an owl

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Pharaoh’s
פַּרְעֹֽה׃ (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

hand.
כַּ֥ף (kap̄)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan


Additional Translations
Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand.

And he restored the chief of the cup-bearers to his office of cup-bearer again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;

and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;
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