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Genesis 40:4

The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

Genesis 40:4 · BSB

Genesis 40:4 in context

The verses around it, from Genesis 40.

1 Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

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

3 and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

5 both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.

7 So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

8 “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

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Genesis 40:4 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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