Genesis 40:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:36 : 36 Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.
  • Gen 39:1 : 1 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
  • Gen 39:21-23 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden. 22 The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing. 23 The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph’s care because the LORD was with him and whatever he was doing the LORD was making successful.
  • Ps 37:5 : 5 Commit your future to the LORD! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 40:1-3
    3 verses
    89%

    1The Cupbearer and the Baker After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

    2Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,

    3so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

  • Gen 40:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    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. Each man’s dream had its own meaning.

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

    7So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house,“Why do you look so sad today?”

  • Gen 42:17
    79%

    17He imprisoned them all for three days.

  • Gen 41:10-13
    4 verses
    79%

    10Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards– me and the chief baker.

    11We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.

    12Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us.

    13It happened just as he had said to us– Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.”

  • Gen 39:20-23
    4 verses
    77%

    20Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

    21But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.

    22The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.

    23The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph’s care because the LORD was with him and whatever he was doing the LORD was making successful.

  • Gen 40:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,

    22but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted.

    23But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph– he forgot him.

  • Gen 40:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon.”

    16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, he said to Joseph,“I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head.

  • Gen 39:4
    73%

    4So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned.

  • Gen 43:17
    72%

    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

  • Gen 40:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12“This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him.“The three branches represent three days.

    13In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.

  • Gen 37:36
    71%

    36Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.

  • Gen 39:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

    2The LORD was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master.

  • Ps 105:17
    70%

    17He sent a man ahead of them– Joseph was sold as a servant.