20 and had him thrown into prison,(A) where the king’s prisoners were confined. So Joseph was there in prison.

Joseph in Prison

21 But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him.(B) He granted him favor with the prison warden.(C) 22 The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority,[a] and he was responsible for everything that was done there.

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Footnotes

  1. 39:22 Lit prison in the hand of Joseph

20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison,(A) the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.

But while Joseph was there in the prison, 21 the Lord was with him;(B) he showed him kindness(C) and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.(D) 22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.(E)

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