Genesis 39:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Gen 40:15 : 15 For indeed I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
  • Gen 41:9-9 : 9 Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker. 11 And we each had a dream in one night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. 12 There with us was a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard, and we told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, to each man according to his dream. 13 And it came to pass, just as he interpreted for us, so it was; he restored me to my office, and he hanged the other. 14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothes, and came to Pharaoh.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; with the remainder of wrath You will restrain.
  • Ps 105:18-19 : 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tested him.
  • Isa 53:8 : 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off from the land of the living: for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
  • Dan 3:21-22 : 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore, because the king's command was urgent and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.
  • 1 Pet 2:19 : 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
  • Gen 40:1-3 : 1 And it happened after these events, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with two of his officers, with the chief of the butlers, and with the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

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  • Gen 40:1-5
    5 verses
    88%

    1And it happened after these events, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

    2And Pharaoh was angry with two of his officers, with the chief of the butlers, and with the chief of the bakers.

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

    4And the captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he served them; and they remained in custody for a time.

    5And both of them dreamed a dream, each man his own dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison.

  • Gen 39:21-23
    3 verses
    85%

    21But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

    22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.

    23The keeper of the prison did not concern himself with anything that was under Joseph's care; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper.

  • Gen 39:19
    83%

    19And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did your servant to me; that his anger was kindled.

  • Gen 39:1-8
    8 verses
    80%

    1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

    2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

    3And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did prosper in his hands.

    4And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his care.

    5And from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.

    6And he left all that he had in Joseph's care; and he did not concern himself with anything except the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a handsome person, and well-favored.

    7And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

    8But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not concern himself with what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my care;

  • Gen 40:15
    77%

    15For indeed I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

  • Gen 41:10
    76%

    10Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.

  • Gen 42:17
    74%

    17And he put them all together into custody for three days.

  • Gen 39:11
    74%

    11And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his work; and none of the men of the house was there inside.

  • Jer 37:15
    74%

    15Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.

  • Jer 39:15
    73%

    15Now the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

  • Gen 37:36
    73%

    36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

  • Ps 105:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

    18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

  • Gen 41:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13And it came to pass, just as he interpreted for us, so it was; he restored me to my office, and he hanged the other.

    14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothes, and came to Pharaoh.

  • Acts 7:10
    72%

    10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 41:41-42
    2 verses
    72%

    41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.

    42Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand; and he dressed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

  • Gen 39:16
    72%

    16And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.