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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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 abov...
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 fro...
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...
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 . Ba...
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...
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 m...
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 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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? Ver. 7. And he a...
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 o...
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 a...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 h...
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...
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,...
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...
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 transact...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Dreams of the two Prisoners
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly today? Uneasy forebodings had...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wherefore. Judges 18:24 1 Samuel 1:8 2 Samuel 13:4 Nehemiah 2:2 Luke 24:17 look ye so sadly to-day. Heb. are your faces evil.
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...

⁷ And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore looka ye so sadly to day?

Related Commentaries of Genesis 40:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 40:7