So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?”
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.
Commenting on Genesis 40:5-19
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...
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.
Commenting on Genesis 40:5-7