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Genesis 39:20
Genesis 39:20 is verse 20 of Genesis chapter 39, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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,
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.
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Genesis 39:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
20 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,
21 the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
22 And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 40:15For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
Genesis 41:14So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
Psalms 105:18They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
Psalms 105:19until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
Daniel 3:21So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
Daniel 3:22The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
1 Peter 2:19For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
Genesis 40:1Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
Genesis 40:2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
Genesis 40:3and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
Genesis 41:9Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
Genesis 41:11One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
Genesis 41:12Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
Genesis 41:13And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.