Genesis 40:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Neh 2:2 : 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;
  • Luke 24:17 : 17 And he said to them, What are you talking about together while you go?
  • Judg 18:24 : 24 And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?
  • 1 Sam 1:8 : 8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?
  • 2 Sam 13:4 : 4 And he said to him, O son of the king, why are you getting thinner day by day? will you not say what your trouble is? And Amnon said to him, I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

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    1Now 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;

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

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

    4And 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.

    5And 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.

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

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    8Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

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    8And 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.

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

    10Pharaoh 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;

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

  • Gen 41:13-15
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    13And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by hanging.

    14Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

    15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now it has come to my ears that you are able to give the sense of a dream when it is put before you.

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    7And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

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    17Then Pharaoh said, In my dream I was by the side of the Nile:

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    16And news of these things went through Pharaoh's house, and it was said that Joseph's brothers were come; and it seemed good to Pharaoh and his servants.

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    17So he put them in prison for three days.

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

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