Genesis 40:4

WEB

⁴The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.

KJV

⁴And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

BSB

⁴The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

FBV

⁴The commander of the guard assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant. They were kept in prison for some time.

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Extra References

Genesis 39:1

¹^[+] Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.

Genesis 37:36

³⁶The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.

Psalms 37:5

⁵Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

²¹But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ²²The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it. ²³The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it prosper.