New Revised Standard Version
and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

New American Bible
and he put them in custody in the house of the chief steward, the same jail where Joseph was confined.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.

He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.

the place.

Genesis 39:20,23 And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up. . . .

where Joseph was bound.

Genesis 40:20 The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker.

,) 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.