So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the prison, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.
Parallel translations
- WEB He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- KJV And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- BSB and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
- NKJV So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.
- NLT and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.
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Quick answer
The two officials are confined in the very prison where Joseph is held.
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God sovereignly places these courtiers under the captain of the guard, where Joseph serves. The overlap is no accident but a divinely arranged intersection. Joseph's lowly imprisonment becomes the meeting point for his future deliverance.
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Cross-references · 2
- Gen 39:20Joseph’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.
- Gen 39:23The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.
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