Genesis 40:2

And Pharao was angry agaynst his two officers, agaynst the chiefe butler and the chiefe baker.

Bible (Bishops')

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

1And it came to passe after these thynges, that the butler of ye king of Egypt and his baker, had offended their lorde the kyng of Egypt.

3And put them in warde in his chiefe stewardes house, euen in the prison and place where Ioseph was bounde.

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:12The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse.

Proverbs 27:4Wrath is a cruell thing, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: but who is able to abide enuie?

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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