Genesis 40:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:36 : 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard.
  • Gen 39:1 : 1 ¶ And 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.
  • Gen 39:21-23 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that [were] in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer [of it]. 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing [that was] under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and [that] which he did, the LORD made [it] to prosper.
  • Ps 37:5 : 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.

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  • Gen 40:1-3
    3 verses
    89%

    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.

    2And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

    3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph [was] bound.

  • Gen 40:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

    6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they [were] sad.

    7And 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?

  • Gen 42:17
    79%

    17And he put them all together into ward three days.

  • Gen 41:10-13
    4 verses
    79%

    10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, [both] me and the chief baker:

    11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

    12And [there was] there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

    13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

  • Gen 39:20-23
    4 verses
    77%

    20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners [were] bound: and he was there in the prison.

    21But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

    22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that [were] in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer [of it].

    23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing [that was] under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and [that] which he did, the LORD made [it] to prosper.

  • Gen 40:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

    22But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

    23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

  • Gen 40:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

    16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also [was] in my dream, and, behold, [I had] three white baskets on my head:

  • Gen 39:4
    73%

    4And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all [that] he had he put into his hand.

  • Gen 43:17
    72%

    17And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

  • Gen 40:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days:

    13Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

  • Gen 37:36
    71%

    36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard.

  • Gen 39:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1¶ And 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.

    2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

  • Ps 105:17
    70%

    17He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a servant: