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Genesis 40:3

Listen to Genesis 40:3
3 and he put them under arrest with the commander of the royal guard in the same jail where Joseph was imprisoned.

Genesis 40:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 40:3

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the
guard
Who is generally thought to be Potiphar, since this was the office he was in, ( Genesis 39:1 ) ; unless he was dead, and there was another put into his room, or there were more than one in the same office: into the prison, the place where Joseph [was] bound;
that is, where he had been bound, and where he was still a prisoner, though not fettered and in that close confinement he had been in.

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Genesis 40:3 In-Context

1 Some time later, both the wine steward and the baker for Egypt's king offended their master, the king of Egypt.
2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief wine steward and the chief baker,
3 and he put them under arrest with the commander of the royal guard in the same jail where Joseph was imprisoned.
4 The commander of the royal guard assigned Joseph to assist them. After they had been under arrest for some time,
5 both of them—the wine steward and the baker for Egypt's king who were imprisoned in the jail—had dreams one night, and each man's dream had its own meaning.
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