Genesis 40:1

And it chaunced after this that the chefe butlar of the kynge of Egipte and his chefe baker had offended there lorde the kynge of Egypte.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And Pharao was angrie with them and put the in warde in his chefe marshals house:

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Cross References

Genesis 40:13The.iij. braunches ar thre dayes: for within thre dayes shall Pharao lyft vp thine heade and restore the vnto thyne office agayne and thou shalt delyuer Pharaos cuppe in to his hade after the old maner even as thou dydest when thou wast his butlar.

Genesis 41:9Than spake the chefe buttelar vnto Pharao saynge. I do remembre my fawte this daye.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:1

In this chapter things are working, though slowly, towards Joseph's advancement. I. Two of Pharaoh's servants are committed to prison, and there to Joseph's care, and so become witnesses of his extraordinary conduct, ver. 1-4 . II. They dreamed each of them a dream, which Joseph interpreted ( ver. 5-19 ), and the event verified the interpretation ( ver. 20-22 ), and so they became witnesses of his extraordinary skill. III. Joseph recommends his case to one of them, whose preferment he foresaw ( ver. 14, 15 ), but… Read the whole commentary →

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