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Genesis 40:1

Egypt
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.

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BSB
Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, 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.
WEB
After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
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.
DARBY
And it came to pass after these things, [that] the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
BLB
And it came to pass after these things that the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the baker sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt.
ÅB
En tid senere hendte det at munnskjenken og bakeren hos kongen i Egypt forså seg mot sin herre, kongen i Egypt.
OTB
En tid senere fornærmet munnskjenken og bakeren for kongen av Egypt sin herre, kongen av Egypt.
B1930
Nogen tid derefter hendte det at munnskjenken og bakeren hos kongen i Egypten forså sig mot sin herre, kongen i Egypten.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 40:13

    Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

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  • Nehemiah 1:11–2:2

    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 mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)

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  • 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.

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  • Genesis 39:20–23

    So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

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