20Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison,


In Context

17 Then she told him this story: "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

18 But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave treated me," he burned with anger.

20 Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison,

21 the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.

Genesis 39:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:20And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

39:20And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

39:20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:20And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

39:20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:20And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:20Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

39:20and Joseph's lord taketh him, and putteth him unto the round-house, a place where the king's prisoners are bound; and he is there in the round-house.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:20And 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.