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The Cupbearer and the Baker

Genesis 40:3

In 11 translations

BSB
and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
KJV
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
WEB
He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
ASV
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
LSV
and puts them in confinement in the house of the chief of the executioners, into the round-house, the place where Joseph [is] a prisoner,
YLT
and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph [is] a prisoner,
DBY
and he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned.
DRC
He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner,
GNV
Therefore he put them in ward in his chiefe stewardes house, in the prison and place where Ioseph was bound.
JPS
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
LXXE
And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן אֹתָ֜ם בְּמִשְׁמַ֗ר בֵּ֛ית שַׂ֥ר הַטַבָּחִ֖ים אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַסֹּ֑הַר מְק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹסֵ֖ף אָס֥וּר שָֽׁם׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺς ἐν φυλακῇ εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον, εἰς τὸν τόπον, οὗ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπῆκτο ἐκεῖ.

Who and where

👤 Joseph (son of Jacob)◆ Joseph imprisoned

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 39:20So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
  • Genesis 39:23The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

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