King James Version
Genesis 40:1 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the k...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.”
Genesis 40:1 · KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison , the place where Joseph was bound.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it came to pass after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“these things”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“had offended”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
properly, causing to drink, i.e., a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region
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