Genesis 40:1

1. After these things After Joseph had been imprisoned, and had found favour with the keeper .

The butler Or, cup-bearer . He was the officer who had charge of the king’s wines; and so important was this office that the chief or prince of the butlers (Genesis 40:2) found it necessary to employ the services of many others in this business . How the butler and baker offended we are not told; the Targum of Jonathan says “they had taken counsel to throw the poison of death into his food and into his drink, to kill their master . ” These officers would be especially subject to such suspicions .