Genesis 40:4

And the chiefe steward gaue Ioseph a charge with them, & he serued them: and they continued a season in warde.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

In Context

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

5And they dreamed eyther of them in one night, both the butler and the baker of the kyng of Egypt, whiche were bounde in the pryson house, eyther of them his dreame, & eche mans dreame of a sundry interpretation.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:36And the Madianites solde hym in Egypt vnto Putiphar, chiefe officer of Pharaos, and his chiefe stewarde.

Genesis 39:21But the Lord was with Ioseph, and shewed hym mercie, and got hym fauour in the sight of the lord of the prison.

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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