Genesis 40:7
And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Why do ye look so sad today?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.
Cross References
Judges 18:24And he said, ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away, and what have I more? And how do ye then say to me, What troubles thee?
2 Samuel 13:4And he said to him, Why, O son of the king, are thou emaciated this way from day to day? Will thou not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
Luke 24:17And he said to them, What are these words that ye toss back to each other, while walking and are looking sad.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:6-20
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.… Read the whole commentary →