OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 40:2

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Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cup bearer and the chief baker.

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Verse 2. And, and so forth Hebrew “Pharao was enraged against two of his officers; against the chief of the butlers,” and so forth Mashkim. S. Jerom translates this word procurator domus, “steward of the house.” Calmet. 15:2. No slave was entrusted with these high offices in the courts of Egypt and of Persia.

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