GEN 40

Genesis 40:2

WEB

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cup bearer and the chief baker.

BSB

Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

KJV

And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

Matthew Henry

Verses 1–4

Genesis 40:1–4

We should not have had this story of Pharaoh's butler and baker recorded in scripture if it had not been serviceable to Joseph's preferment. The world stands for the sake of the church, and is governed for its good. Observe, 1. Two of the great officers of Pharaoh's court, having offended the king, are committed to prison. Note, High places are slippery places; nothing more uncertain than the favour of princes. Those that make God's favour their happiness, and his service their business, will find him a better Master than Pharaoh was, and not so extreme to mark what they do amiss. Many conjectures there are concerning the offence of these servants of Pharaoh; some make it no less than an attempt to take away his life, others no more than the casual lighting of a fly into his cup and a little sand into his bread. Whatever it was, Providence by this means brought them into the prison where Joseph was. 2. The captain of the guard himself, who was Potiphar, charged Joseph with them (Gen 40:4), which intimates that he began now to be reconciled to him, and perhaps to be convinced of his innocence, though he durst not release him for fear of disobliging his wife. John Baptist must lose his head, to please Herodias.

Cross-references: Gen 40:4

Hebrew interlinear

H7107

קָצַףqâtsaph/kaw-tsaf'/

v — crack, burst

Derivation: a primitive root;

to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage

KJV: (be) anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth.

קָצַף

vb — be wroth

קָצַף vb. be wroth

Qal be wroth

Hiph. provoke to wrath

Hithp. put oneself in a rage

H6547

פַּרְעֹהParʻôh/par-o'/

n-m — Paroh

Derivation: of Egyptian derivation;

Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings

KJV: Pharaoh.

פַּרְעֹה

n.m — Pharaoh

פַּרְעֹה 275 n.m. Pharaoh, title of Egyptian kings

H5921

עַלʻal/al/

prep — above, over, upon, against

Derivation: properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.

כִּי עַל כֵּן

forasmuch as

כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as

עַל

subst — above

עַל, עָ֑ל

I. subst. height

II. As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed

a.

(a). of clothing, etc., which any one wears

(b). With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it

b. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him

c. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him

d. על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him

e. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)

f. Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done

2. It expresses excess

3. It denotes elevation or pre-eminence

4. It expresses addition

5. It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over

6. From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)

7. In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)

8. By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative

9. With other particles:

III. As conj.

a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that

b. עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent

c. עַל alone:

(a). because

(b). notwithstanding that, although

IV. Compounds:

1. with כְּ (rare and late)

a. as concerning, as upon

b. the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay

2. מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by

H8147

שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayim/shen-ah'-yim/

n — two, twofold

Derivation: dual of 8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם;

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

KJV: both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

שְׁנַ֫יִם

n.m — two

שְׁנַ֫יִם, שְׁתַּיִם 768 n.m. et f. du. two

H5631

סָרִיסçârîyç/saw-reece'/

n-m — eunuch, valet, minister

Derivation: or סָרִס; from an unused root meaning to castrate;

a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state

KJV: chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare 7249.

סָרִיס

n.m — eunuch

סָרִיס 45 n.m. eunuch

H8269

שַׂרsar/sar/

n-m — head

Derivation: from 8323;

a head person (of any rank or class)

KJV: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.

שַׂר

n.m — chieftain

שַׂר 420 n.m. chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

H4945

מַשְׁקֶהmashqeh/mash-keh'/

n-m — causing to drink, butler, drink, well-watered

Derivation: from 8248;

properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region

KJV: butler(-ship), cupbearer, drink(-ing), fat pasture, watered.

מַשְׁקֶה

n.m — irrigation

מַשְׁקֶה n.m. irrigation, drink

1. irrigation

2. drink; drinking-vessels

3. = office of butler, butlership

מַשְׁקֶה

n.m — butler

מַשְׁקֶה n.m. butler, cup-bearer

H644

אָפָהʼâphâh/aw-faw'/

v — cook, bake

Derivation: a primitive root;

to cook, especially to bake

KJV: bake(-r, (-meats)).

אָפָה

vb — bake

אָפָה vb. bake

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