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Genesis 40:7
He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?
Genesis 40:7 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 40:7 in other translations
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”
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In context
4 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.
5 And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:
6 And when Joseph was come into them in the morning, and saw them sad,
7 He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?
8 They 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:
9 The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,
10 On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:
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