Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 40:2
And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
2. his officers ] Lit. “his eunuchs”; see note on Gen 37:36.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers,…. The same above mentioned:
against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers; for as there were several butlers and bakers that belonged unto him, who were employed in providing wine and food for him, there was one of each who was over the rest; and as their business was to see that those under them did their work well, when they were faulty the principal officers were answerable for it: wherefore, if in this case they had not been guilty of anything criminal themselves personally, yet they might have neglected to look after those that were under them, and so were culpable, and drew upon them the wrath and resentment of their lord and sovereign.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Reader! do not overlook in this verse, that this captain of the guard must have been Potiphar, Gen 39:1 . Whether by this time Joseph’s master had begun to believe Joseph was innocent doth not appear, but yet it should seem so, in that he committed to his care those state prisoners.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
Ver. 2. And Pharaoh was wroth, &c. ] That had been enough to have broke their hearts: as a frown from Augustus did Cornelius Gallus; and another from Queen Elizabeth did Lord Chancellor Hatton. a
“ Ut mala nulla feram, nisi nudam Caesaris iram
Nuda parum nobis Caesaris ira mali est? ”
saith Ovid. And again,
“ Omne trahit secum, Caesaris ira, malum.
a Carmd., Elis., fol. 406.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
wroth: Psa 76:10, Pro 16:14, Pro 19:12, Pro 19:19, Pro 27:4, Act 12:20
the chief of the butlers: 1Ch 27:27
Reciprocal: Gen 12:15 – princes Gen 40:16 – the chief Gen 41:10 – Pharaoh Neh 1:11 – For I was