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Genesis 39:19-21
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19 When his master heard his wife say,[a] “This is the way[b] your slave treated me,”[c] he became furious.[d] 20 Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison,[e] the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.[f]

21 But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness.[g] He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.[h]

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  1. Genesis 39:19 tn Heb “and when his master heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying.”
  2. Genesis 39:19 tn Heb “according to these words.”
  3. Genesis 39:19 tn Heb “did to me.”
  4. Genesis 39:19 tn Heb “his anger burned.”
  5. Genesis 39:20 tn Heb “the house of roundness,” suggesting that the prison might have been a fortress or citadel.
  6. Genesis 39:20 sn The story of Joseph is filled with cycles and repetition: He has two dreams (chap. 37), he interprets two dreams in prison (chap. 40) and the two dreams of Pharaoh (chap. 41), his brothers make two trips to see him (chaps. 42-43), and here, for the second time (see 37:24), he is imprisoned for no good reason, with only his coat being used as evidence. For further discussion see H. Jacobsen, “A Legal Note on Potiphar’s Wife,” HTR 69 (1976): 177.
  7. Genesis 39:21 tn Heb “and he extended to him loyal love.”
  8. Genesis 39:21 tn Or “the chief jailer” (also in the following verses).
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