Genesis 41:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

Genesis 41:9 —

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Genesis 40:14
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:
Genesis 40:23
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Genesis 40:1-3
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-16)

Here is, 1. The recommending of Joseph to Pharaoh for an interpreter. The chief butler did it more in compliment to Pharaoh, to oblige him, than in gratitude to Joseph, or in compassion for his case. He makes a fair confession (Gen. 41:9): “ I remember my faults this day, in forgetting Joseph.” Note, It is best to remember our duty, and to do it in its time; but, if we have neglected that, it is n…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9-13. then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults--This public acknowledgment of the merits of the young Hebrew would, tardy though it was, have reflected credit on the butler had it not been obviously made to ingratiate himself with his royal master. It is right to confess our faults against God, and against our fellow men when that confession is made in the spirit o…