Genesis 40 · Verse 6

Genesis 40:6

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
Genesis 40:6, King James Version

Genesis 40:6 in other translations

BSBWhen Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
WEBJoseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.
ASVAnd Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.
YLTAnd Joseph cometh in unto them in the morning, and seeth them, and lo, they are morose;
DARBYAnd Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and behold, they were sad.
BBEAnd in the morning when Joseph came to them he saw that they were looking sad.
WebsterAnd Joseph came to them in the morning, and looked upon them, and behold, they were sad.

What does Genesis 40:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 40:5-8

5-8. they dreamed a dream--Joseph, influenced by the spirit of true religion, could feel for others (Ec 4:1; Ro 12:15; Php 2:4). Observing them one day extremely depressed, he inquired the cause of their melancholy; and being informed it was owing to a dream they had respectively dreamed during the previous night, after piously directing them to God (Da 2:30; Is 26:10), he volunteered to aid them, through the divine…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 They were sad - They concluded that their dreams portended something of great importance, but they could not tell what.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 40:1-19

It was not so much the prison that made the butler and baker sad, as their dreams. God has more ways than one to sadden the spirits. Joseph had compassion towards them. Let us be concerned for the sadness of our brethren's countenances. It is often a relief to those that are in trouble to be noticed. Also learn to look into the causes of our own sorrow. Is there a good reason? Is there not comfort sufficient to…

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Genesis 40:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹ֧אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413
יוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefJosephH3130
בַּבֹּ֑קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
וַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200
אֹתָ֔ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
וְהִנָּ֖םve.hi.Namand [were] theyH2005
זֹעֲפִֽים\׃zo.'a.Fimlooking dejectedH2196

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 40:6

  • Genesis 40:8

    And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

  • Daniel 2:1-3

    And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

  • Genesis 41:8

    And 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.

  • Daniel 7:28

    Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

  • Daniel 8:27

    And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

  • Daniel 4:5

    I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

  • Daniel 5:6

    Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and, behold.
8; 41:8; Da 2:1-3; 4:5; 5:6; 7:28; 8:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 40:5

    And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

  • Genesis 40:6

    And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

  • 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 to day?

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Genesis 40:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vino á ellos José por la mañana, y mirólos, y he aquí que estaban tristes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Joseph vint vers eux au matin, et les regarda; et voici, ils étaient tristes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Joseph kam am Morgen zu ihnen und sah sie, und siehe, sie waren mißmutig.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ad quos cum introisset Joseph mane, et vidisset eos tristes,