Genèse 40:2

2 Et Pharaon se mit en colère contre ses deux officiers, contre le grand échanson et le grand panetier;

Genèse 40:2 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:2

And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers
The same above mentioned: against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers;
for as there were several butlers and bakers that belonged unto him, who were employed in providing wine and food for him, there was one of each who was over the rest; and as their business was to see that those under them did their work well, when they were faulty the principal officers were answerable for it: wherefore, if in this case they had not been guilty of anything criminal themselves personally, yet they might have neglected to look after those that were under them, and so were culpable, and drew upon them the wrath and resentment of their lord and sovereign.

Genèse 40:2 In-Context

1 Après ces choses, il arriva que l'échanson du roi d'Égypte et le panetier offensèrent leur seigneur, le roi d'Égypte.

2 Et Pharaon se mit en colère contre ses deux officiers, contre le grand échanson et le grand panetier;

3 Et il les fit mettre en prison dans la maison du chef des gardes, dans la forteresse, lieu où Joseph était enfermé.

4 Et le chef des gardes établit Joseph auprès d'eux, et il les servait; et ils furent quelque temps en prison.

5 Et tous les deux eurent un songe, chacun le sien, dans une même nuit, chacun un songe d'une signification particulière, tant l'échanson que le panetier du roi d'Égypte qui étaient enfermés dans la forteresse.