Genesis 39:20

Translations

Modern

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,

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the lord of Joseph took him and put him into the prison house, a place where the prisoners of the king were confined. And he was there in the prison. House

Latin

…tradiditque Joseph in carcerem, ubi vincti regis custodiebantur, et erat ibi clausus.

Original

Hebrew

English

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,

Notes

Genesis 39:19–20

This was the second time Joseph became imprisoned while faithfully doing the right thing. They deceptively used his clothing as false evidence (compare 37:23–24, 31–33).

Genesis 39:1–23

Joseph was honest and faithful in his work for Potiphar. This is very different from Judah, who failed morally (chapter 38). God was with Joseph (39:2–3, 21, 23). He helped Joseph succeed and become a blessing to others (see study notes on 12:1–9; 28:16–22), even while Joseph was a slave and later in prison.

Genesis 39:1–47:31

Joseph began as a slave, alienated from his brothers and separated from his father; he ended as Pharaoh’s viceroy. Through the trips to Egypt, the covenant family went from the brink of apostasy, divided by jealousy and deception, to being reconciled and united by Judah’s intercession and Joseph’s forgiveness.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Suffering in Following God Symbolic Numbers The Righteous Suffer

Events

Joseph imprisonedc. 1718 BC

Related verses

Genesis 40:15
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
2 Timothy 2:9
…for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
Genesis 41:9–14
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
Genesis 40:1–3
Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
1 Peter 2:19
For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
Psalm 105:18–19
They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
Isaiah 53:8
By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
Daniel 3:21–22
So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
Psalm 76:10
Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Genesis, Book of Jacob Joseph Patriarchs, Period of the Potiphar

Topics

Afflicted Saints: Examples of Afflicted Saints: Joseph Chastity: Joseph Criminals: Confined in Prisons Decision: Joseph Egypt: Israel in Joseph Unjustly Cast Into Prison False Accusation: Incidents Illustrative of Against Joseph by Potiphar's Wife Imprisonment of Joseph Injustice: Potiphar Malice: Potiphar's Wife Toward Joseph Master: Unjust Master: Potiphar's Wife to Joseph Prison: General Scriptures Concerning Prisoners: Joseph Prisons: Antiquity of Prisons: Kinds of, Mentioned: State Punishment: Minor offenses: Imprisonment Rulers: Wicked: Potiphar, Putting Joseph Into Prison Servant: Good: Joseph Women: Potiphar's Wife, in Her Lascivious Lust and Slander Against Joseph

Genesis 39:20

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