Genesis 40:7
He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
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6Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them. Behold, they were sad.
Cross References
Judges 18:24He said, “You stole the gods that I made, you have taken my priest, and you are leaving. What else do I have left? How can you ask me, 'What is bothering you?'”
2 Samuel 13:4Jonadab said to Amnon, “Why, son of the king, are you depressed every morning? Will you not tell me?” So Amnon answered him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.”
Luke 24:17Jesus said to them, “What are the two of you talking about as you walk?” They stood there looking sad.
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 →