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Genesis 39

Gen. 39:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Joseph’s
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
master
'adown (Hebrew #113)
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV usage: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Pronounce: aw-done'
Origin: or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}
took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
him, and put him
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
into thew prison
cohar (Hebrew #5470)
a dungeon (as surrounded by walls)
KJV usage: prison.
Pronounce: so'-har
Origin: from the same as 5469
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
, a place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
where the king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
prisoners
'aciyr (Hebrew #615)
bound, i.e. a captive
KJV usage: (those which are) bound, prisoner.
Pronounce: aw-sere'
Origin: from 631
were bound
'acar (Hebrew #631)
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
KJV usage: bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
Pronounce: aw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
: and he was there in the prison
cohar (Hebrew #5470)
a dungeon (as surrounded by walls)
KJV usage: prison.
Pronounce: so'-har
Origin: from the same as 5469
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
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Gen. 41:14• 14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. (Gen. 41:14)
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Psa. 105:18• 18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: (Psa. 105:18)

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Ministry on This Verse

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into the prison.{Baith hassohar,} "the round house," from the form of the building according to some; or, "the watch or guard house," from the Arabic {sahara,} to watch, according to others.
Gen. 40:15• 15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. (Gen. 40:15)
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Gen. 41:14• 14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. (Gen. 41:14)
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Psa. 105:18‑19• 18Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
 19Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him. (Psa. 105:18‑19)
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Isa. 53:8• 8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. (Isa. 53:8)
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Dan. 3:21‑22• 21Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
 22Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. (Dan. 3:21‑22)
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2 Tim. 2:9• 9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. (2 Tim. 2:9)
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1 Peter 2:19• 19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. (1 Peter 2:19)
the king's.
Gen. 40:1‑3,15• 1And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
 2And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
 3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
 15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. (Gen. 40:1‑3,15)
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Gen. 41:9‑14• 9Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
 10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
 11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
 12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
 13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
 14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. (Gen. 41:9‑14)
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Psa. 76:10• 10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. (Psa. 76:10)
• The righteous Joseph, charged with the sin of which his accuser was guilty, is treated as a malefactor by the Gentile authority—his feet put in the stocks, and the iron entering into his soul; he is delivered to the Gentiles, and by them mystically put to death. (“Genesis, Typically Considered. Chapters 39-40” by J.N. Darby)
• It is evident that he, a young man, not only resisted her importunities, but was careful not to wound his master by the proof of the wife's guilty passion and still guiltier revenge on the blameless. (“Joseph: 5. Suffering for Righteousness” by W. Kelly)
• At the hands of his brethren Joseph is consigned to the pit. In the hands of the Gentiles he is bound in the prison. (“Suffering and Supported” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Joseph’s lord took him and put him into the tower-house, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the tower-house.