Genesis 41:9

Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

Cross-references

Genesis 41:15 Historical context

Genesis 41:15 shows Pharaoh summoning Joseph after hearing the cupbearer’s story, completing the narrative from memory to action.

Genesis 40:1–3 Historical context

In Genesis 40:1-3, the butler's imprisonment is detailed—the very event he now recalls and confesses to Pharaoh as his fault.

In Genesis 40:14, Joseph asks the butler to remember him—the request the butler now remembers as his fault for forgetting.

In Genesis 40:23, the butler forgot Joseph—the failure he now acknowledges, fulfilling the earlier neglect.