Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday—This was a holiday season, celebrated at court with great magnificence and honored by a free pardon to prisoners. Accordingly, the issue happened to the butler and baker, as Joseph had foretold. Doubtless, he felt it painful to communicate such dismal tidings to the baker; but he could not help announcing what God had revealed to him; and it was for the honor of the true God that he should speak plainly.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 40:20:
Genesis 40:16
Jeremiah 52:31
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