Genesis 40:4 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁴ The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he waited on them; and they continued for some time in custody.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And the captain of the guard put them in Joseph's charge, and he served them; and they continued in custody for some time.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them: and they continued a season in ward.

Common English Bible

⁴ The commander of the royal guard assigned Joseph to assist them. After they had been under arrest for some time,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, who ministered to them also. Some little time passed by, while they were held in custody.

Genesis 40:4 Cross References

Genesis 37:36

Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard.

Genesis 39:1

Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

Genesis 40:3

and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 40:5

One night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own meaning.

Genesis 42:17

And he put them all together in prison for three days.

Psalm 37:5

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.