Kejadian 21:22

21:22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “God is with you ¹  in all that you do.

Kejadian 21:32

21:32 So they made a treaty ²  at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned ³  to the land of the Philistines. ⁴ 

Kejadian 40:1

The Cupbearer and the Baker

40:1 After these things happened, the cupbearer ⁵  to the king of Egypt and the royal baker ⁶  offended ⁷  their master, the king of Egypt.

[21:22]  ¹ sn God is with you. Abimelech and Phicol recognized that Abraham enjoyed special divine provision and protection.

[21:32]  ² tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

[21:32]  ³ tn Heb “arose and returned.”

[21:32]  ⁴ sn The Philistines mentioned here may not be ethnically related to those who lived in Palestine in the time of the judges and the united monarchy. See D. M. Howard, “Philistines,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 238.

[40:1]  ⁵ sn The Hebrew term cupbearer corresponds to the Egyptian wb’, an official (frequently a foreigner) who often became a confidant of the king and wielded political power (see K. A. Kitchen, NBD³ 248). Nehemiah held this post in Persia.

[40:1]  ⁶ sn The baker may be the Egyptian retehti, the head of the bakers, who had privileges in the royal court.

[40:1]  ⁷ sn The Hebrew verb translated offended here is the same one translated “sin” in 39:9. Perhaps there is an intended contrast between these officials, who deserve to be imprisoned, and Joseph, who refused to sin against God, but was thrown into prison in spite of his innocence.