OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 40:23

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Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.

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Verse 23. Forgot. A thing too common among those who enjoy prosperity! Bible.—God would not have his servants to trust in men. D.—The butler was a figure of the good thief, as the baker represented the impenitent one, between whom our Saviour hung on the cross. Calmet.

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