Genesis 40:4

World English Bible (2000)

The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:36 : 36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
  • Gen 39:1 : 1 Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.
  • Gen 39:21-23 : 21 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it. 23 The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.
  • Ps 37:5 : 5 Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

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  • Gen 40:1-3
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    89%

    1It happened after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

    2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

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

  • Gen 40:5-7
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    81%

    5They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.

    6Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.

    7He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"

  • Gen 42:17
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    17He put them all together into custody for three days.

  • Gen 41:10-13
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    10Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.

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

    12There was with us there a young man, a 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 interpreted.

    13It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."

  • Gen 39:20-23
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    77%

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

    21But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

    22The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it.

    23The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.

  • Gen 40:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;

    22but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

    23Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot 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 to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.

  • Gen 39:4
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    4Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

  • Gen 43:17
    72%

    17The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.

  • Gen 40:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.

    13Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer.

  • Gen 37:36
    71%

    36The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.

  • Gen 39:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.

    2Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.