Genesis 40:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ And the captain of the guard put Yosĕph in charge of them, and he served them. So they were in confinement for some time.

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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 Miḏanites had sold him in Mitsrayim to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

Genesis 39:1

And Yosĕph had been taken down to Mitsrayim. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, a Mitsrian, bought him from the Yishma‛ĕlites who had taken him down there.

Genesis 40:3

So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Yosĕph was a prisoner.

Genesis 40:5

Then the cupbearer and the baker of the sovereign of Mitsrayim, who were confined in the prison, dreamed a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.

Genesis 42:17

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

Psalm 37:5

Gimel Commit your way to יהוה, And trust in Him, and He does it.