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Genesis 40:1
Genesis 40:1 is verse 1 of Genesis chapter 40, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
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Genesis 40:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
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Cross-references
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Genesis 39:20So 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,
Genesis 39:21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
Genesis 39:22And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
Genesis 39:23The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
Esther 6:1That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
Genesis 40:13Within 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.
Nehemiah 1:11O 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.)
Nehemiah 2:1Now 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 in his presence,
Nehemiah 2:2so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear