Discovery BoxGenesis 40:11 
Context40:11 Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his 1 cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.” 2
Genesis 49:11
Context49:11 Binding his foal to the vine,
and his colt to the choicest vine,
he will wash 3 his garments in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
1 tn Heb “the cup of Pharaoh.” The pronoun “his” has been used here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 sn The cupbearer’s dream is dominated by sets of three: three branches, three stages of growth, and three actions of the cupbearer.
3 tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically, describing coming events as though they have already taken place.
