Genesis 40:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 40:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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...
Genesis 40:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40. Joseph Interprets their Dreams to Pharaoh's Two Imprisoned Officers. This chapter is from E, with harmonistic additions and touches from J ( Genesis 40:3 b , Genesis 40:5 b , Gene...
Genesis 40:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. They continued a season - ימים yamim, literally days; how long we cannot tell. But many...
Genesis 40:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A season— They were days, ימים, iamim, the Hebrew has it; that is, say some, a whole year. It is thought by the generality of commentators, that the captain of the guard here mentioned, was P...
Genesis 40:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them - not the keeper, though he w...
Genesis 40:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joseph interprets the Dreams of Pharaoh's Officers 1. Butler] rather, 'cupbearer,' a high court official: cp. Nehemiah 1:11 ; Nehemiah 2:1 . Baker ] rather, 'cook.' It is conjectured that these...
Genesis 40:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the house of the captain of the guard. — That is, of Potiphar. As he is said to have charged Joseph with the care of these two high officials, he must, ere this, have become aware of his innocen...
Genesis 40:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph Fares Well in Prison Genesis 39:19-23 ; Genesis 40:1-8 These two men remind us of the two thieves crucified beside our Lord; to the one He was a savor of life, to the other of death. Je...
Genesis 40:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The works of God are ever characterized by simplicity. No study is more fascinating in the Divine Oracles or in human experience than the wonderful mosaic of the divine government. If it may be state...
Genesis 40:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! do not overlook in this verse, that this captain of the guard must have been Potiphar, Genesis 39:1 . Whether by this time Joseph's master had begun to believe Joseph was innocent doth not a...
Genesis 40:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them ,.... Committed them to his care and custody, he being very probably recommended to him by the keeper of the prison for his prudence and fidelit...
Genesis 40:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. Ver. 4. And the captain of the guard, &c. ] This was Potiphar probably: who by t...
Genesis 40:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The captain of the guard Namely, Potiphar, Genesis 37:36 , who, probably being informed by his under-keeper of Joseph's great care and faithfulness, began to have a better opinion of him, although...
Genesis 40:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOSEPH, INTERPRETER OF DREAMS Two men are seen now to be committed to Joseph's care in the prison, the cup bearer and the baker of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. It is not told us for what offenses they...
Genesis 40:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The History of Joseph. B. C. 1717. 1 And it came to pass after these things, that the...
Genesis 40:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A season, Heb. days, i.e. either many days, or a year, as that word sometimes signifies. See Genesis 24:55 .
Genesis 40:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them and he served them. And...
Genesis 40:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— The butler. ] “The cupbearer and overseer of the wine—making and storing and serving, an important officer of the king. ( 2 Kings 18:17 .) He was now a state prisoner for an offen...
Genesis 40:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 40:4 . Captain of the guard; that is, Potiphar who had a controul over the gaoler. It would seem, by enlarging Joseph's liberty in prison, that he now believed his asseverations of innocen...
Genesis 40:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them Light upon Joseph’s destiny This chapter discovers signs that Joseph was destined to fill an important place in the history...
Genesis 40:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 40:1 And it came to pass (literally, and it was ) after these things (literally, words , i.e. after the transactions just recorded), that the butler —מָשְׁקֶה, t...
Genesis 40:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Dreams of the two Prisoners
Genesis 40:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the captain. Genesis 37:36 Genesis 39:1 Genesis 39:21-23 Psalms 37:5 a season.
Genesis 40:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joseph in Prison Genesis 40:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We left Joseph, in chapter 39, in prison under the order of Potiphar, captain of the guard. Chapter forty of Genesis discovers to us several...
Genesis 40:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The captain of the guard, which was Potiphar, charged Joseph with them — Which intimates that he began now to be reconciled to him.

Genesis 40:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 40:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 40:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 40:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 40:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 40:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 40:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 40:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 40:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 40:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 40:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 40:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 40:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 40:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes