Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 40:7
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that [were] with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly today?
7. look ye so sadly ] Lit. “are your faces bad,” cf. Neh 2:2.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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 under Potiphar, the captain of the guard, might be called Joseph’s lord or master, but the house could not with so much propriety be called his:
saying, wherefore look ye [so] sadly today? as they were officers, who had been in lucrative places, they lived well and merrily, and expected very probably they should be released in a short time, nothing appearing against them; but now there was a strange alteration in them, which was very visible to Joseph, and for which he expresses a concern, being of a kind, tender, and benevolent disposition, as the question he puts to them shows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that [were] with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly to day?
Ver. 7. And he asked Pharaoh’s officers, &c.] Vincula qui sensit, didicit succurrere vinctis. Joseph’s tender heart soon yearned toward them, upon the sight of their sadness: and, unasked, he offers himself to them; as our Saviour did to the widow of Nain, and to those two doubting disciples, Luk 24:17 . Cyprian’s compassion is remarkable: Cum singulis pectus meum copulo, maeroris et funeris pondera luctuosa participo: cum plangentibus plunge, cum deflentibus defleo, &c. I weep with those that weep, and am like affected, as if like afflicted.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Wherefore: Jdg 18:24, 1Sa 1:8, 2Sa 13:4, Neh 2:2, Luk 24:17
look ye so sadly to day: Heb. are your faces evil
Reciprocal: Gen 42:17 – ward Dan 7:15 – the visions