Genesis 40:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 40:5

3 ^aSo he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.

5 Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, ^ahad a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.

6 And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were¹ sad.

7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, ^a“Why do you look so sad today?”

8 And they said to him, ^a“We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.” So Joseph said to them, ^b“Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.”

9 Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a vine was before me,

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Definitions of words in Genesis 40:5:

Butler {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Butler {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Egypt {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Egypt {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Egypt {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Interpretation {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Man {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Man {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Night {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

One {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Dream {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Prison {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Genesis 40:5:

Butler {Easton's}
Cup-bearer {Easton's}

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