KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 40:1–2
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Genesis 40:1
1AND 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.
1¶ And it came to passe after these things, that the Butler of the King of Egypt, and his Baker, had offended their LORD the King of Egypt.
Genesis 40:2
2And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
2And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chiefe of the Butlers, and against the chiefe of the Bakers.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 40:1
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A household servant or officer entrusted with drink, vessels, and related provisions.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person whose occupation is baking bread or other food.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Displeased, wronged, caused to stumble, or drawn into sin or error, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 40:2
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
The number equal to one and one.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Persons entrusted with an office, charge, authority, or oversight.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Servants or officers entrusted with drink, vessels, and household stores.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 1
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Open the full verse study13Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
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Open the full verse study1ON that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
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Open the full verse study20And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
21¶ But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
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Open the full verse study14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
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Open the full verse study27And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
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Open the full verse study20¶ And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
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Open the full verse study12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
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Open the full verse study19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
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Open the full verse study4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
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Open the full verse study10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
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