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Genesis 40:7

Genesis 40:7
And 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?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him,.... The chief butler and baker that were committed to his care, and with whom he now was:

in the ward of the lord's house; this seems to confirm…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 40:1-23

- Joseph in Prison An uncomplaining patience and an unhesitating hopefulness keep the breast of Joseph in calm tranquillity. There is a God above, and that God is with him. His soul swerves not from…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 40:5-19

Observe, I. The special providence of God, which filled the heads of these two prisoners with unusual dreams, such as made extraordinary impressions upon them, and carried with them evidences of a…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

look ye so sadly Lit. "are your faces bad," cf. Neh 2:2.

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