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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Gill's Exposition
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison,.... Which was in or adjoining to his house, Gen 40:3; of himself he had power to do this, as the captain of the guard; and as he was the…
- Joseph in Potiphar’s House According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven…
Adam Clarke
Put him into the prison - בית סהר beith sohar, literally the round house; in such a form the prison was probably built.
Here is, 1. Joseph wronged by his master. He believed the accusation, and either Joseph durst not make his defence by telling the truth, as it would reflect too much upon his mistress, or his master…
Cambridge Bible
into the prison Lit. "into the house of roundness," or "the round house." Possibly the Heb. expression, "the house of sohar," may be an attempt to transliterate an Egyptian word, with a similar sound,…
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