Génesis 40:7

7 Y preguntó a los oficiales de Faraón que estaban con él bajo custodia en casa de su señor: ¿Por qué están vuestros rostros tan tristes hoy?

Génesis 40:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:7

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that [were] with him
The chief butler and baker that were committed to his care, and with whom he now was, in the ward of the lord's house;
this seems to confirm what is before observed, that the captain of the guard that charged Joseph with them was Potiphar his master; though indeed the keeper of the prison that was under Potiphar, the captain of the guard, might be called Joseph's lord or master, but the house could not with so much propriety be called his: saying, wherefore look ye [so] sadly today?
as they were officers, who had been in lucrative places, they lived well and merrily, and expected very probably they should be released in a short time, nothing appearing against them; but now there was a strange alteration in them, which was very visible to Joseph, and for which he expresses a concern, being of a kind, tender, and benevolent disposition, as the question he puts to them shows.

Génesis 40:7 In-Context

5 Entonces el copero y el panadero del rey de Egipto, que estaban encerrados en la cárcel, tuvieron ambos un sueño en una misma noche, cada uno su propio sueño, y cada sueño con su propia interpretación.

6 Y José vino a ellos por la mañana y los observó, y he aquí, estaban decaídos.

7 Y preguntó a los oficiales de Faraón que estaban con él bajo custodia en casa de su señor: ¿Por qué están vuestros rostros tan tristes hoy?

8 Y ellos le respondieron: Hemos tenido un sueño y no hay nadie que lo interprete. Entonces José les dijo: ¿No pertenecen a Dios las interpretaciones? Os ruego que me lo contéis.

9 Contó, pues, el jefe de los coperos a José su sueño, y le dijo: En mi sueño, he aquí, había una vid delante de mí,