19 Then when his master heard the words of his wife, which she told him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me, his anger was kindled.

20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him in [a][b]prison, in the place, where the king’s prisoners lay bound: and there he was in prison.

21 ¶ But the Lord was with Joseph, and [c]showed him mercy, and got him favor in the sight of the [d]master of the prison.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 39:20 Hebrew, in the prison house.
  2. Genesis 39:20 His evil intreatment in the prison may be gathered of Ps. 105:18.
  3. Genesis 39:21 Hebrew, inclined mercy unto him.
  4. Genesis 39:21 Or, lord.

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