Genesis 40:2

And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker)

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

In Context

1After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.

3He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner,

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10When God arose in judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.

Proverbs 19:12As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 27:4Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:2-5

The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1717.) 1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a… Read the whole commentary →

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