THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
But this wonderful Joseph, eager to provide them solace, observed that the dreams had caused them distress and bewilderment.
Genesis 40:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And when Joseph was come into them in the morning, and saw them sad,
וַיָּבֹ֧א אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם יוֹסֵ֖ף בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַיַּ֣רְא אֹתָ֔ם וְהִנָּ֖ם זֹעֲפִֽים׃
The Church Fathers on this verse
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
Ephraem the Syrian
Saint Joseph, in his role as a servant to these noble individuals, approached to offer assistance and discovered them in deep distress, as they were both troubled and despondent due to the visions they had experienced.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Dan 7:28Hitherto is the end of the word. I, Daniel, was much troubled with my thoughts, and my countenance was changed in me: but I kept the word in my heart.
- Gen 40:8They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed:
- Gen 41:8And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it.
- Dan 4:5Till their colleague, Daniel, came in before me, whose name is Baltassar, according to the name of my god, who hath in him the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him.
- Dan 8:27And I, Daniel, languished, and was sick for some days: and when I was risen up, I did the king's business, and I was astonished at the vision, and there was none that could interpret it.
- Dan 2:1In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his mind.
- Dan 2:3And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and being troubled in mind I know not what I saw.
- Dan 5:6Then was the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him: and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.