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The Cupbearer and the Baker

Genesis 40:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
KJV
And 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.
WEB
After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
ASV
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
LSV
And it comes to pass, after these things—the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt;
YLT
And it cometh to pass, after these things — the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt;
DBY
And it came to pass after these things, [that] the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt and the baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
DRC
After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.
GNV
And after these things, the butler of the King of Egypt and his baker offended their lorde the King of Egypt.
JPS
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.
LXXE
And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord the king of Egypt.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה חָֽטְא֛וּ מַשְׁקֵ֥ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְהָאֹפֶ֑ה לַאֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם לְמֶ֥לֶךְ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα, ἥμαρτεν ὁ ἀρχιοινοχόος τοῦ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ὁ ἀρχισιτοποιὸς, τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτῶν βασιλεῖ Αἰγύπτου.

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📍 Egypt◆ Joseph imprisoned

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 40:13Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
  • Esther 6:1That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
  • Nehemiah 1:11–2:2O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that…
  • Genesis 39:20–23So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in…

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