Genesis 40:3

3 and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 40:3 in Other Translations

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.

3 and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

3 and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.

3 and put them in custody under the captain of the guard; it was the same jail where Joseph was held.

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.

3 He put them in the prison of the captain of the guard, the same place where Joseph was a prisoner.

3 and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

3 He put them in prison in the house of the captain of the palace guard. It was the same prison where Joseph was kept.

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.

Genesis 40:3 In-Context

1 Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt.

2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

3 and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.

4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. After they had been in custody for some time,

5 each of the two men—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 37:36; S Genesis 39:20