ויתן אותי במשמר וגו' אותי ואת שר האופים. אותי אותי למה. שמעתי מפי הרב יהודה הכהן שכך אמר לפרעה לא תהא סבור שהבין מתוך תפישתי שהי' לי להנצל יותר משר האופים כי מעולם לא הקלו בתפישתי יותר מתפישת שר האופים כל הימים היינו אני ושר האופים ביחד: ויתן אותי במשמר....ואת שר האופים, “and he placed me in jail, together with chief of the bakers.” Why did the chief of the cup-bearers repeat the word: אותי, “me,” in this verse? I have heard from Rabbi Yehudah the priest, that he said so to Pharaoh in order that he should not think that in his foolishness he had believed that he deserved to be reinstated in his position anymore than did the chief of the bakers who had been hanged. He and the chief of the bakers had always been good friends, they had been together, and he did not feel superior or more deserving. He realised that only due to Pharaoh’s magnanimity had his life been spared at the time.