And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Le troisième jour, jour de la naissance de Pharaon, il fit un festin à tous ses serviteurs; et il éleva la tête du chef des échansons et la tête du chef des panetiers, au milieu de ses serviteurs:
KJV
And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Philo Judaeus
De Ebrietate
μέρᾳ γενέσεως φθαρτῆς, οὐκ ἐν ἀφθάρτῳ τοῦ ἀγενήτου φωτός· λέγεται γὰρ ὅτι „ἡμέρα γενέσεως ἦν Φαραώ“ (Gen. 40,20), ἡνίκα ἐκ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου τὸν ἀρχιοινοχόον ἐπὶ σπονδαῖς μετεπέμψατο· τοῦ γὰρ φιλοπαθοῦς ἴδιον λαμπρὰ τὰ γενητὰ καὶ φθαρτὰ ἡγεῖσθαι διὰ τὸ νυκτὶ καὶ σκότῳ κεχρῆσθαι βαθ…
Origen
Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 10-11)
VIII, 3 in Lev. (VI, 396,22ff) - 7 ff Vgl. Orig. in Lev. Hom. VIII, 3 (VI, 396,21ff); Orig. Sel. in Gen. 40, 20 (8,85 Lo). Vgl. Hier. in Matth. 101 C: nullum innenimus alium obseruasse diem natalis sui, nisi Herodem et Pharaonem - 10 Vgl. Gen. 40, 22 - 11 Matth. 11,11; Luc. 7, 28…
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