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Genesis 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.

KJV

tradiditque Joseph in carcerem, ubi vincti regis custodiebantur, et erat ibi clausus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ κύριος Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἐνέβαλεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ ὀχύρωμα, εἰς τὸν τόπον ἐν ᾧ οἱ δεσμῶται τοῦ βασιλέως κατέχονται ἐκεῖ ἐν τῷ ὀχυρώματι.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּקַּח֩ אֲדֹנֵ֨י יוֹסֵ֜ף אֹת֗/וֹ וַֽ/יִּתְּנֵ֨/הוּ֙ אֶל בֵּ֣ית הַ/סֹּ֔הַר מְק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר אסורי אֲסִירֵ֥י הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲסוּרִ֑ים וַֽ/יְהִי שָׁ֖ם בְּ/בֵ֥ית הַ/סֹּֽהַר

Hebrew

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In this verse

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָסְרָ֥ה
'srh
verb · 73×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
ו
v
noun · 13×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
י
y
noun · 328×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
סֹּֽהַר
shr
noun · 8×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 40:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
  • Gen 40:3 — And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
  • Gen 40:15 — For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
  • Gen 40:15 — For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
  • Gen 41:10 — Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
  • Heb 11:36 — And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
  • Jer 37:15 — Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
  • Ps 105:18 — Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: