Genesis 40:4

And the chiefe steward gaue Ioseph charge ouer them, and he serued them: and they continued a season in warde.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

In Context

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

5And they both dreamed a dreame, eyther of them his dreame in one night, eche one according to the interpretation of his dreame, both the butler and the baker of the King of Egypt, which were bounde in the prison.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:36And the Midianites solde him into Egypt vnto Potiphar an Eunuche of Pharaohs, and his chiefe stewarde.

Genesis 39:21But the Lord was with Ioseph, and shewed him mercie, and got him fauour in the sight of the master of the prison.

Psalms 37:5Commit thy way vnto the Lord, and trust in him, and he shall bring it to passe.

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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