Genesis 40:1
After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker)
Cross References
Genesis 40:13After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shah present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou wast wont to do.
Genesis 41:9And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it.
Esther 6:1That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:1
In this chapter things are working, though slowly, towards Joseph's advancement. I. Two of Pharaoh's servants are committed to prison, and there to Joseph's care, and so become witnesses of his extraordinary conduct, ver. 1-4 . II. They dreamed each of them a dream, which Joseph interpreted ( ver. 5-19 ), and the event verified the interpretation ( ver. 20-22 ), and so they became witnesses of his extraordinary skill. III. Joseph recommends his case to one of them, whose preferment he foresaw ( ver. 14, 15 ), but… Read the whole commentary →