Genesis 40:7

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He asked Pharaoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, 'Why do you look so downcast today?'

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  • Neh 2:2 : 2 The king asked me, "Why do you look so sad? You are not ill. This can only be sadness of heart." I was very afraid.
  • Luke 24:17 : 17 He asked them, "What are you discussing as you walk along?" They stopped, looking sad.
  • Judg 18:24 : 24 Micah replied, 'You’ve taken my gods that I made and my priest and gone away! What else do I have? How can you ask me, “What’s the matter with you?”'
  • 1 Sam 1:8 : 8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her, 'Hannah, why are you crying? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?'
  • 2 Sam 13:4 : 4 Jonadab asked him, 'Why are you, the king's son, so downcast morning after morning? Won't you tell me?' Amnon replied, 'I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.'

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    1After these events, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.

    2Pharaoh became angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

    3He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

    4The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he attended to them. After some time, they were kept in custody.

    5Both of them—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

    6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled.

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    8They said to him, 'We each had a dream, but there is no one to interpret it.' Joseph replied, 'Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.'

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    15Joseph asked them, "What is this deed you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can certainly practice divination?"

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    8In the morning, Pharaoh's spirit was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians of Egypt and its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

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    10'Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard.'

    11'We both had dreams on the same night, each with its own meaning.'

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    13And just as he interpreted our dreams for us, so it came to be: I was restored to my position, and the other was hanged.

    14Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.

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    6Joseph said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had.

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    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

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    17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'In my dream, I was standing on the bank of the Nile.'

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    2Joseph wept so loudly as he raised his voice in crying that the Egyptians heard it, and Pharaoh’s household also heard about it.

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    4When the days of mourning were over, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's household, saying, 'If I have found favor with you, please convey this message to Pharaoh.

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    16The news reached Pharaoh' palace

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    17And he put them all into custody for three days.

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    37This plan seemed good in the eyes of Pharaoh and all his officials.

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