New King James Version
Genesis 40:4
4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.
Genesis 40:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
- New International Version (NIV)The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. After they had been in custody for some time,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. They continued for some time in custody.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They remained in prison for quite some time, and the captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, who looked after them.
Context of Genesis 40:4
2And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker. 3So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while. 5Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation. 6And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were sad.
Read all of Genesis 40Genesis 40:4 word by word
וַ֠יִּפְקֹד שַׂ֣ר הַטַּבָּחִ֧ים אֶת־יוֹסֵ֛ף אִתָּ֖ם וַיְשָׁ֣רֶת אֹתָ֑ם וַיִּהְי֥וּ יָמִ֖ים בְּמִשְׁמָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Genesis 40:4
- Genesis 37:36Now the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
- Genesis 39:1Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.
- Psalms 37:5Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.
- Genesis 4:3And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord.
- Genesis 24:55But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, at least ten; after that she may go.”
- Genesis 24:20Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Commentaries on Genesis 40:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They continued a season - ימים yamim, literally days; how long we cannot tell. But many suppose the word signifies a complete year; and as Pharaoh called them to an account on his birthday, Genesis 40:20, Calmet supposes they had offended on the preceding birthday, and thus had been one whole year in prison.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-23Verses 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 this feeling. Meanwhile, new and distinguished prisoners are introduced into his place of confinement. Genesis 40:1-4 The chief butler and chief baker, high officials in Pharaoh‘s court, come under the displeasure of their sovereign. “In the house…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Joseph was so faithful and reliable that the captain of the guard trusted him with the care of two of Pharaoh’s officers.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them--not the keeper, though he was most favorably disposed; but Potiphar himself, who, it would seem, was by this time satisfied of the perfect innocence of the young Hebrew; though, probably, to prevent the exposure of his family, he deemed it prudent to detain him in confinement (see Psa 37:5). They continued a season in ward--literally, "days," how long, is uncertain; but as they were called to account…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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