Genesis 40:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.

Genesis 40:4 Cross References

Genesis 37:36

And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.

Genesis 39:1

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.

Genesis 40:3

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

Genesis 40:5

And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

Genesis 42:17

And he put them all together into ward three days.

Psalm 37:5

Commit thy way unto the LORD; Trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass.