Genesis 40:7

American Standard Version

And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in ward in his master’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?

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Genesis 40:7 in other translations

He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Genesis 40:7 · World English Bible

Genesis 40:7 in context

  1. 5And 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, who were bound in the prison.
  2. 6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.
  3. 7And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in ward in his master’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?
  4. 8And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.
  5. 9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;