Genesis 40:6

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

Literal

…and Joseph came to them in the morning and he saw them, and behold, they were troubled.

Latin

…ad quos cum introisset Joseph mane, et vidisset eos tristes,

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Genesis 40:5–8

Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker appeared worried because they sensed their futures were connected to these threatening and troubling dreams they could not understand.
Joseph still trusted that interpreting dreams was God's work. He knew he could understand them with God's help. He knew he had not misunderstood his own dreams.

Genesis 40:1–23

Joseph did not lose faith in God’s promises, as evidenced by his readiness to interpret the dreams of two prisoners. He was still convinced that God’s revelation in his own two dreams (37:5–11) was true, and he had not abandoned hope that they would be fulfilled. When the fellow prisoners’ dreams were fulfilled exactly as Joseph said, this confirmed that his previous dreams were from God.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Symbolic Numbers Visions

Events

Joseph imprisonedc. 1718 BC

Related verses

Daniel 8:27
I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
Daniel 5:6
…his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
Genesis 41:8
In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
Daniel 4:5
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
Genesis 40:8
“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.”
Daniel 2:1–3
In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
Daniel 7:28
Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Baker Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Butler Cup-Bearer Dreams Genesis, Book of Jacob Joseph Patriarchs, Period of the Prophecy

Topics

Dreams: Mentioned in Scripture of Pharaoh's Butler and Baker Dreams: The Ancients: Often Perplexed By Egypt: Israel in Joseph Interprets the Chief Baker's and the Chief Butler's Joseph: Son of Jacob of the Two Prisoners

Genesis 40:6

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