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Genesis 41:10

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 41:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:
Genesis 41:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 41

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:
11and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, etc.] Not with all of them, but with the butler and the baker. Aben Ezra observes here, that Pharaoh was not the proper name of this king, but a title of office, and signifies the king; for it cannot be thought that the butler would use such freedom in his presence as to call him by his name: the true name of this prince, according to the eastern writers f1706, was Rian ben Walid; others take him to be Aphophis, the third of the Hycsi, or pastor kings: but, according to Bishop Usher f1707, his name was Mephramuthosis: and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house: in consequence of his wrath and displeasure, for crimes really or supposed to be…”
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