Genesis 40:1 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 40:1

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

KJV

And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Chapter 40, Verse 1) After these words, the chief of the king of Egypt's wine cellar sinned. Where we have placed 'chief of the wine cellar' in Hebrew it is written 'Masec', that word which we have recently read in the name of Abraham's servant, whom we can call the cupbearer according to the custom of the common people.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The world stands for the sake of the church, and is governed for its good. 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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Both officers, especially the former, were, in ancient Egypt, always persons of great rank and importance; and from the confidential nature of their employment, as well as their access to the royal presence, they were generally the highest nobles or princes of the blood.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
אַחַר֙	'a.Char	after	H310 →
הַדְּבָרִ֣ים	ha.de.va.Rim	the things	H1697 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
חָֽטְא֛וּ	cha.te.'U	they sinned	H2398 →
מַשְׁקֵ֥ה	mash.Keh	[the] cup bearer of	H4945 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
מִצְרַ֖יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וְהָאֹפֶ֑ה	ve.ha.'o.Peh	and the baker	H644 →
לַאֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם	la.'a.do.nei.Hem	to master<s> their	H113 →
לְמֶ֥לֶךְ	le.Me.lekh	to [the] king of	H4428 →
מִצְרָֽיִם׃	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him…
leads to
- Nehemiah 1:6
  let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that…
- Nehemiah 2:8
  And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the…
- Proverbs 21:1
  The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
- Nehemiah 2:1
  Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad…
- Hebrews 13:18
  Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
Through
Esther 6:1
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
leads to
- Daniel 2:1
  In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
- Daniel 6:18
  Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
- Esther 2:23
  After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.

About Genesis

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Genesis