KJV King James Version
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 40:4
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
WEB World English Bible
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.
ASV American Standard Version
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them: and they continued a season in ward.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the chief of the executioners chargeth Joseph with them, and he serveth them; and they are days in charge.
Surrounding context — Genesis 40
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 season in ward.
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which [were] bound in the prison.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they [were] sad.
7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that [were] with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly to day?
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַ֠יִּפְקֹדH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listשַׂ֣רH8269 · sarrulerהַטַּבָּחִ֧יםH2876 · tab.bachguardאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יוֹסֵ֛ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephאִתָּ֖םH854 · etwithוַיְשָׁ֣רֶתH8334 · sha.ratto ministerאֹתָ֑םH853 · et[Obj.]וַיִּהְי֥וּH1961 · ha.yahto beיָמִ֖יםH3117 · yomdayבְּמִשְׁמָֽר׃H4929 · mish.marcustody
Cross-references
Psalm 37:5Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.Genesis 37:36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, [and] captain of the guard.Genesis 39:1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.Genesis 39:21-23But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
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