Genesis 40:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. ”

Genesis 40:6 - 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 40:6 - 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 40:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. And Joseph came in unto them, in the morning. As I have lately said, we ought here to behold, with the eyes of faith, the wonderful providence of God. For, although the butler and baker ar...
Genesis 40:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. They were sad - They concluded that their dreams portended something of great importance, but they cou...
Genesis 40:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 t...
Genesis 40:6 - 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 40:6 - 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 40:6 - 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 40:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we spiritualize this question and apply it to soul-distresses, that verse of David will be the enquiry, Psalms 42:11 .
Genesis 40:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning ,.... For though Joseph and they were in the same prison, yet not in the same ward. Aben Ezra thinks that Joseph lodged in the dungeon in the night, Gene...
Genesis 40:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they [were] sad. Ver. 6. And, behold, they were sad. ] Or, Angry; and yet knew not how to help themselves. But carna...
Genesis 40:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They were sad It was not the prison that made them sad; they were pretty well used to that, but the dream; God has more ways than one to sadden the spirits of those that are to be made sad. Those s...
Genesis 40:6 - 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 40:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 bo...
Genesis 40:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Perplexed and terrified both, because they perceived the dream was extraordinary and sent from God; compare Genesis 41:8 Daniel 2:1 Matthew 27:19 ; and because they understood not the meaning...
Genesis 40:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Joseph came in to them in the morning and saw them, and behold, they were sad. And he asked Pharaoh's officers who were in custody with him in his master's house, “Why are you looking so sad tod...
Genesis 40:6 - 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 40:6 - 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 40:6 - 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 40:6 - 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 40:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Dreams of the two Prisoners
Genesis 40:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

and, behold. Genesis 40:8 Genesis 41:8 Daniel 2:1-3 Daniel 4:5 Daniel 5:6 Daniel 7:28 Daniel 8:27
Genesis 40:6 - 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 40:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They were sad — It was not the prison that made them sad; they were pretty well used to that, but the dream. God has more ways than one to sadden the spirits of those that are to be made sad. Those...

Genesis 40:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 40:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 40:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 40:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 40:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 40:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 40:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 40:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 40:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 40:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 40:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 40:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 40:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 40:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 40:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes