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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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the place
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Gen 39:20,23 |
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where Joseph was bound
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"Or, ""where Joseph was confined,"" for he doubtless had his personal liberty. This place, we learn from the preceding chapter, (Gen 40:20,) was the king's prison. All the officers in the employment of the ancient kings of Egypt, according to Diodorus Siculus, were taken from the most illustrious families of the priesthood in the country; no slave or common person being ever permitted to serve in the presence of the king. As these persons were of the most noble families, it is natural to expect they would be put, when accused, into the state prison." |
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Gen 39:20 |
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. |
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Gen 39:23 |
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing [that was] under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and [that] which he did, the LORD made [it] to prosper. |
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Gen 40:20 |
And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 40:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/40/3.html>.
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