Genesis 40:6

And Joseph came to them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were melancholy.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

In Context

5And they dreamed a dream, both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Mizraim, who were confined in the house of the bound.

7And he asked the chiefs of Pharoh who were with him inward, in his master’s house, saying, Why are your faces evil today?

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Cross References

Genesis 41:8And when it was morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all the magicians of Mizraim, and all the wise men; and Pharoh related the dreams to them, but they could not interpret them to Pharoh.

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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