Genesis 39:20
New International Version
Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison,

New Living Translation
So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king’s prisoners were held, and there he remained.

English Standard Version
And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison.

Berean Standard Bible
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

King James Bible
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

New King James Version
Then Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.

New American Standard Bible
So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the prison.

NASB 1995
So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.

NASB 1977
So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.

Amplified Bible
So Joseph’s master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined; so he was there in the prison.

Christian Standard Bible
and had him thrown into prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and had him thrown into prison, where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.

American Standard Version
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And his lord took him and threw him into prison where the prisoners of the King were bound, and he was there in the prison.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king's prisoners are kept, there in the prison.

Contemporary English Version
and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept. While Joseph was in prison,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.

English Revised Version
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Joseph's master arrested him and put him in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept. While Joseph was in prison,

Good News Translation
and had Joseph arrested and put in the prison where the king's prisoners were kept, and there he stayed.

International Standard Version
arrested Joseph, and locked him up in the same prison where the king's prisoners were confined. So Joseph remained there in prison.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison.

Literal Standard Version
and Joseph’s lord takes him, and puts him to the round-house, a place where the king’s prisoners [are] bound; and he is there in the round-house.

Majority Standard Bible
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

New American Bible
Joseph’s master seized him and put him into the jail where the king’s prisoners were confined. And there he sat, in jail.

NET Bible
Joseph's master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

New Revised Standard Version
And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; he remained there in prison.

New Heart English Bible
Then Joseph�s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king�s prisoners were bound, and he was there in prison.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

World English Bible
Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

Young's Literal Translation
and Joseph's lord taketh him, and putteth him unto the round-house, a place where the king's prisoners are bound; and he is there in the round-house.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Joseph Falsely Imprisoned
19When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger. 20So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison, 21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.…

Cross References
Hebrews 11:36
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Genesis 40:3
and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 41:10
Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.

Psalm 105:18
They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

Jeremiah 37:15
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.


Treasury of Scripture

And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

into the prison.

Genesis 40:15
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

Genesis 41:14
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

Psalm 105:18,19
Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: …

the king's.

Genesis 40:1-3,15
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt…

Genesis 41:9-14
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: …

Psalm 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

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Genesis 39
1. Joseph is bought by Potiphar, and preferred in the family.
7. He resists temptation by Potiphar's Wife.
13. He is falsely accused by her.
20. He is cast into prison.
21. God is with him there, and he is advanced by the keeper of prison.














Verse 20. - And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, - literally house of enclosure; sohar, from sahar, to encircle, meaning probably a turreted, arched, or rounded building for the confinement of prisoners - a place where the king's prisoners (i.e. State offenders) were bound: and he was there in the prison. This, which some regard as having been a mild punishment (Delitzsch, Keil), since, according to Diodorus Siculus, the laws of the Egyptians were specially severe in their penalties for offences against women, is represented by a Hebrew psalmist (Psalm 105:18) as having been accompanied with bodily tortures, at least for a time; for his speedy elevation to a place of trust within the prison almost gives countenance to the idea (Kurtz, Lange, etc.) that Potiphar did not believe his wife's story, and only incarcerated Joseph for the sake of appearances. That Joseph was not immediately punished with death is not improbable (Bohlen), but exceedingly natural, since Joseph was Potiphar's favorite (Havernick).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Joseph’s
יוֹסֵ֜ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

master
אֲדֹנֵ֨י (’ă·ḏō·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

took
וַיִּקַּח֩ (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

him
אֹת֗וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

and had him thrown
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֙הוּ֙ (way·yit·tə·nê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the prison
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

where
מְק֕וֹם (mə·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

the king’s
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

prisoners
אֲסוּרִ֑ים (’ă·sū·rîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

were confined.
אֲסִירֵ֥י (’ă·sî·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

While [Joseph] was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

there
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

in the prison,
בְּבֵ֥ית (bə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house


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