Ge 40:1-8. TWO STATE PRISONERS.
1. the butler--not only the cup-bearer, but overseer of the
royal vineyards, as well as the cellars; having, probably, some
hundreds of people under him.
baker--or cook, had the superintendence of every thing relating
to the providing and preparing of meats for the royal table. Both
officers, especially the former, were, in ancient Egypt, always persons
of great rank and importance; and from the confidential nature of their
employment, as well as their access to the royal presence, they were
generally the highest nobles or princes of the blood.
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Outline
1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh in prison.
4 Joseph has charge of them
5 Joseph interprels their dreams
20 which come to pass as he described
23 The butler forgets Joseph
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