Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 40:1-23
- Joseph in PrisonAn uncomplaining patience and an unhesitating hopefulness keep the breast of Joseph in calm tranquillity. There is a God above, and that God is with him. His soul swerves not from this feeling. Meanwhile, new and distinguished prisoners are introduced into his place of confinement.Genesis 40:1-4The chief butler and chief baker, high officials in Pharaoh’s court, come under the displeasure of their sovereign. “In the house of the captain of the guards.” It appears that this... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 40:9-11
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me —literally, in my dream (sc. I was), and behold a vine ( gephen, from the unused root gaphan, to be bent, a twig, hence a plant which has twigs, especially a vine; cf. 9:13 ; Isaiah 7:1-25 :43; Isaiah 24:7 ) before me . The introduction of the vine into the narrative, which has been pronounced (Bohlen) an important factor in proof of its recent composition, since,... read more