King James Version
Genesis 40:15 in the King James Version says “For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me i...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”
Genesis 40:15 · KJV
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. lift: or, reckon
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: think: Heb. remember me with thee
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head: white: or, full of holes
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. bakemeats: Heb. meat of Pharaoh, the work of a baker, or, cook
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For indeed I was stolen away”
H1589to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
“For indeed I was stolen away”
H1589to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and here also have I done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“nothing”
H3972properly, a speck or point, i.e., (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that they should put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“me into the dungeon”
H953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
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