Genesis 40:2

And Pharoh was angry with two of his chiefs, with the chief of the cupbearers and with the chief of the bakers.

Targum Onkelos

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 after these things the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Mizraim offended their master, the king of Mizraim.

3And he gave them into ward in the house of the captain of the executioners (killers) in the house of the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

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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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