Genesis 39:20 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 39:20

18 so it happened, as I lifted my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.”

19 So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me after this manner,” that his ^aanger was aroused.

20 Then Joseph’s master took him and ^aput him into the ^bprison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.

21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He ^agave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

22 And the keeper of the prison ^acommitted to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing.

23 The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under¹ Joseph’s authority, because the ^aLord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 39:20

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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.

Amplified® Bible
And Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the state prisoners were confined; so he was 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,

Darby English Version
And Joseph's lord took him and put him into the tower-house, [the] place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house.

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

King James Version
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 American 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.

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 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Joseph's master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king confined has prisoners ; and he remained there in the jail.

Revised 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.

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.

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