Bible Strands
Genesis 40:3
and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the immediate aftermath of Pharaoh’s anger against his chief cupbearer and chief baker, placing them under official detention.
The words — The verb יִתֵּן (yitten) means “he put” or “he placed,” and מִשְׁמַר (mishmar) denotes “custody” or “guard.” Together they describe the formal transfer of the two officials into the captain of the guard’s house.
The thread — This location is identified as the same confinement where Joseph was previously thrown (Genesis 39:20) and where the warden left all administrative details to him (Genesis 39:23).
Why it lands — It establishes a single physical space where formerly high-ranking officials and a formerly enslaved slave now occupy the same restricted environment, requiring the reader to track how divine presence operates within identical circumstances of confinement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
Cross-references
- Genesis 39:20 So 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 39:23 The 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.