Genesis 40:15

for I was unjustly stolen from the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.”

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In The King James Version

For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

In Context

14But when all goes well with you, remember me, show kindness to me and speak in my behalf to Pharaoh and bring me out of this house;

16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also saw something in my dream: there were three baskets of white bread on my head,

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Cross References

Genesis 14:13But one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and these were supporters of Abram.

Genesis 37:28and when the Midianite merchants passed by, pulled Joseph up from the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who brought him to Egypt.

Genesis 39:20and he took Joseph and put him into the prison, in the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was left there in prison.

Psalms 59:4they run and make ready. Awake! Come forth to meet me, and see!

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 →

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