# will lift up your head from you Joseph also used the phrase "will lift up your head" when he spoke to the cupbearer in [Genesis 40:13](./13.md). Here it has a different meaning. Possible meanings are 1) "will lift up your head to put a rope around your neck" or 2) "will lift up your head to cut it off." # flesh Here "flesh" literally means the soft tissue on a person's body.