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

into the prison.

Genesis 40:15 For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

Genesis 41:14 Forthwith at the king's command Joseph was brought out of the prison, and they shaved him: and changing his apparel brought him in to him.

Psalm 105:18,19 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul, . . .

Isaiah 53:8 He was taken away from distress, and from judgment: who shall declare his generation? because he is cut off out of the land of the living: for the wickedness of my people have I struck him.

Daniel 3:21,22 And immediately these men were bound, and were cast into the furnace of burning fire, with their coats, and their caps, and their shoes, and their garments. . . .

2 Timothy 2:9 Wherein I labour even unto bands, as an evildoer. But the word of God is not bound.

1 Peter 2:19 For this is thankworthy: if, for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully.

the king's.

Genesis 40:1-3,15 After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord. . . .

Genesis 41:9-14 Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: I confess my sin: . . .

Psalm 76:10 For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: and the remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee.

Context
Joseph Falsely Imprisoned
19His master hearing these things, and giving too much credit to his wife's words, was very angry, 20And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.21But the Lord was with Joseph, and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison:…
Cross References
Hebrews 11:36
And others had trial of mockeries and stripes: moreover also of bands and prisons.

Genesis 40:3
He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.

Genesis 41:10
The king being angry with his servants, commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers.

Psalm 105:18
They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,

Jeremiah 37:15
So Jeremiah went into the house of the prison, and into the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained there many days.

Lexicon
So Joseph’s
יוֹסֵ֜ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

master
אֲדֹנֵ֨י (’ă·ḏō·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

took
וַיִּקַּח֩ (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

him
אֹת֗וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

and had him thrown
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֙הוּ֙ (way·yit·tə·nê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the prison
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

where
מְק֕וֹם (mə·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

the king’s
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

prisoners
אֲסוּרִ֑ים (’ă·sū·rîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

were confined.
אֲסִירֵ֥י (’ă·sî·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle

While [Joseph] was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

there
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

in the prison,
בְּבֵ֥ית (bə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
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,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.

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.

And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king's prisoners are kept, there in the prison.

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.

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.

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.

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 custody.

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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