Genesis 40:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now after these things the chief servant who had the care of the wine, and the chief bread-maker in Pharaoh's house, did something against Pharaoh's orders;

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  • Gen 40:13 : 13 After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.
  • Neh 1:11-2:2 : 11 O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.) 1 And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present. 2 And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;
  • Esth 6:1 : 1 That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,
  • Gen 39:20-23 : 20 And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend. 22 And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there. 23 And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.

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  • Gen 40:2-7
    6 verses
    90%

    2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;

    3 And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.

    4 And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

    5 And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.

    6 And in the morning when Joseph came to them he saw that they were looking sad.

    7 And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

  • Gen 41:8-11
    4 verses
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    8 And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

    9 Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;

    10 Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and had put me in prison in the house of the captain of the army, together with the chief bread-maker;

    11 And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.

  • Gen 40:20-23
    4 verses
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    20 Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.

    21 And he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

    22 But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.

    23 But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.

  • Gen 40:13-17
    5 verses
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    13 After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.

    14 But keep me in mind when things go well for you, and be good to me and say a good word for me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison:

    15 For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.

    16 Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

    17 And in the top basket were all sorts of cooked meats for Pharaoh; and the birds were taking them out of the baskets on my head.

  • 1 Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;

  • 9 Then the chief wine-servant gave Joseph an account of his dream, and said, In my dream I saw a vine before me;

  • Gen 39:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

    20 And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.

  • 15 Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?

  • 22 And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.

  • 11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and crushing them into Pharaoh's cup, gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

  • 1 Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

  • 13 And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.

  • 36 And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

  • 37 And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.