Genesis 40:7 (BSB)

So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

From Genesis 40. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 40:7

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 40:5-19: Observe, I. The special providence of God, which filled the heads of these two prisoners with unusual dreams, such as made extraordinary impressions upon them, and carried with them evidences of a divine origin, both in one night. Note, God has immediate access to the spirits of men, which he can make serviceable to his own purposes whenever he pleases, quite beyond the intention of those concerned.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 40:7: And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him,.... The chief butler and baker that were committed to his care, and with whom he now was: in the ward of the lord's house; this seems to confirm what is before observed, that the captain of the guard that charged Joseph with them was Potiphar his master; though indeed the keeper of the prison that was...
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Genesis 40:5-7: Gen 40:5-7 After some time (“days,” Gen 40:4, as in Gen 4:3), and on the same night, these two prisoners had each a peculiar dream, “each one according to the interpretation of his dream;” i.e., each one had a dream corresponding to the interpretation which specially applied to him.