Genesis 40:2

And Pharaoh was angrie against his two officers, against the chiefe butler, and against the chiefe baker.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 butler of the King of Egypt and his baker offended their lorde the King of Egypt.

3Therefore he put them in ward in his chiefe stewardes house, in the prison and place where Ioseph was bound.

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10Surely the rage of man shall turne to thy praise: the remnant of the rage shalt thou restrayne.

Proverbs 19:12The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.

Proverbs 27:4Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

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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