Genesis 40:4

And the chefe marshall gaue Ioseph a charge with them and he serued them. And they contynued a season in warde.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

3euen in ye preson where Ioseph was bownd.

5And they dreamed ether of them in one nyghte: both the butlar and the baker of the kynge of Egipte which were bownde in the preson house ether of them his dreame and eche manes dreame of a sondrie interpretation

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Cross References

Genesis 37:36And the Madianytes solde him in Egipte vnto Putiphar a lorde of Pharaos: and his chefe marshall.

Genesis 39:21But the LORde was with Ioseph ad shewed him mercie and gott him fauoure in the syghte of the keper of ye preson

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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