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Genesis 40

Gen. 40:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the captain
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
of the guard
tabbach (Hebrew #2876)
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
KJV usage: cook, guard.
Pronounce: tab-bawkh'
Origin: from 2873
charged
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
with them, and he served
sharath (Hebrew #8334)
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
KJV usage: minister (unto), (do) serve(- ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
Pronounce: shaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
them: and they continued a season
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
in ward
mishmar (Hebrew #4929)
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (fig.); also (as observed) a usage (abstr.), or an example (concr.)
KJV usage: diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.
Pronounce: mish-mawr'
Origin: from 8104
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Cross References

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the captain.
Gen. 37:36• 36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard. (Gen. 37:36)
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Gen. 39:1,21‑23• 1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down thither.
 21And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.
 22And the chief of the tower-house committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the tower-house; and whatever they had to do there he did.
 23The chief of the tower-house looked not to anything under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and what he did, Jehovah made it prosper. (Gen. 39:1,21‑23)
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Psa. 37:5• 5Commit thy way unto Jehovah, and rely upon him: he will bring it to pass; (Psa. 37:5)
a season.{Yamim,} literally days; how long is uncertain, though the word may signify, as many suppose, a complete year (see Ge 4:3; 24:55); and as Pharaoh called them to an account on his birthday, (ver. 20,) Calmet supposes they had offended on the preceding birthday, and thus had been one whole year in prison.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to them, that he should attend on them. And they were several days in custody.