Genesis 39:20
Good News Translation
and had Joseph arrested and put in the prison where the king's prisoners were kept, and there he stayed.

New Revised Standard Version
And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; he remained there in prison.

Contemporary English Version
and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept. While Joseph was in prison,

New American Bible
Joseph’s master seized him and put him into the jail where the king’s prisoners were confined. And there he sat, in jail.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.

into the prison.

Genesis 40:15 For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

Genesis 41:14 Forthwith at the king's command Joseph was brought out of the prison, and they shaved him: and changing his apparel brought him in to him.

Psalm 105:18,19 They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul, . . .

Isaiah 53:8 He was taken away from distress, and from judgment: who shall declare his generation? because he is cut off out of the land of the living: for the wickedness of my people have I struck him.

Daniel 3:21,22 And immediately these men were bound, and were cast into the furnace of burning fire, with their coats, and their caps, and their shoes, and their garments. . . .

2 Timothy 2:9 Wherein I labour even unto bands, as an evildoer. But the word of God is not bound.

1 Peter 2:19 For this is thankworthy: if, for conscience towards God, a man endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully.

the king's.

Genesis 40:1-3,15 After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord. . . .

Genesis 41:9-14 Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: I confess my sin: . . .

Psalm 76:10 For the thought of man shall give praise to thee: and the remainders of the thought shall keep holiday to thee.

Context
Joseph Falsely Imprisoned
19His master hearing these things, and giving too much credit to his wife's words, was very angry, 20And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.21But the Lord was with Joseph, and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison:…
Cross References
Hebrews 11:36
And others had trial of mockeries and stripes: moreover also of bands and prisons.

Genesis 40:3
He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.

Genesis 41:10
The king being angry with his servants, commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers.

Psalm 105:18
They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,

Jeremiah 37:15
So Jeremiah went into the house of the prison, and into the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained there many days.

Genesis 39:19
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