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Genesis 40:3

Listen to Genesis 40:3
3 and put them in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same place where Joseph was being 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.

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Genesis 40:3 In-Context

1 Some time later the king of Egypt's wine steward and his chief baker offended the king.
2 He was angry with these two officials
3 and put them in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same place where Joseph was being kept.
4 They spent a long time in prison, and the captain assigned Joseph as their servant.
5 One night there in prison the wine steward and the chief baker each had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

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