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Text -- Genesis 40:1-9 (NET)
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The Cupbearer and the Baker
40:1 After these things happened , the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master , the king of Egypt .
40:2 Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials , the cupbearer and the baker ,
40:3 so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined .
40:4 The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody .
40:5 Both of them , the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt , who were confined in the prison , had a dream the same night . Each man’s dream had its own meaning .
40:6 When Joseph came to them in the morning , he saw that they were looking depressed .
40:7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials , who were with him in custody in his master’s house , “Why do you look so sad today ?”
40:8 They told him, “We both had dreams , but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded , “Don’t interpretations belong to God ? Tell them to me.”
40:9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph : “In my dream , there was a vine in front of me.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Butler |
Joseph |
Cup-bearer |
Prisoners |
Baker |
Fortune |
REVELATION, 1-2 |
JOSEPH (2) |
Punishment |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
WARD |
Dream |
Cupbearer |
EUNUCH |
CAPTAIN |
GUARD |
Bread |
Prophets |
Interpreter |
IN |
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NET Notes: Gen 40:1 The Hebrew verb translated offended here is the same one translated “sin” in 39:9. Perhaps there is an intended contrast between these off...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:2 The Hebrew word סָרִיס (saris), used here of these two men and of Potiphar (see 39:1), normally means “eunuc...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:6 The verb זָעַף (za’af) only occurs here and Dan 1:10. It means “to be sick, to be emaciated,” probably...
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NET Notes: Gen 40:8 The word “them” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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