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Genesis 40:2

Genesis 40:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And Pharaoh was wroth—literally, broke forth (sc. into anger)—against two of his officers (vide ) against the chief—sar: the word occurs in one of the oldest historical documents of ancient Egypt ('Inscription of Una,' line 4, sixth dynasty), meaning chief or eunuch (vide ' Records of the Past,' 2.

3)—of the butlers,—an office once filled by Nehemiah in the Court of Persia (), and Rabshakeh (Aramaic for "chief of the cupbearers") in the Court of Assyria (2 Kings 18:17)—and against the chief of the bakers.

Oriental monarchs generally had a multitude of butlers and bakers, or cupbearers and Court purveyors, the chiefs in both departments being invested with high honor, and regarded with much trust (Herod; 3.

34; Xenoph; 'Cyrop.,' 1.3, 8).

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