Genesis 40:6-7 - Exposition

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning (a proof that Joseph at this time enjoyed comparative freedom from corporeal restraint in the prison), and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. The word זֹעֲפִים from זָעַף , to be angry, originally signifying irate, wrathful, τεταραγμένοι ( LXX .), is obviously intended rather to convey the idea of dejection, tristes (Vulgate). And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were With him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly today?— literally, knowing what ( מַדּוּעַ — מָה יָדוּעַ —τί μαθών) are your faces evil, or bad (πρόσωπα σκυθρωπὰ , LXX . ; tristier solito, Vulgate), today?