Genesis 40:23

Contemporary English Version 1995

but the king's personal servant completely forgot about Joseph.

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and I am forgotten.

I am completely forgotten like someone dead. I am merely a broken dish.

Joseph remained a slave until his own words had come true, and the Lord had finished testing him.

You drink all the wine you want and wear expensive perfume, but you don't care about the ruin of your nation.

Two years later the king of Egypt dreamed he was standing beside the Nile River.

The king's personal servant said: Now I remember what I was supposed to do.

the king asked, “What has been done to reward Mordecai for this?” “Nothing, Your Majesty!” the king's servants replied.

I hear the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid!” They are plotting and scheming to murder me.