Genesis 39:20
And adonei Yosef took him, and put him into the bais hasohar, a place where the asirei HaMelech were prisoners; and he was there in the bais hasohar.
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Genesis 40:1And it came to pass after these things, that the mashkeh (cupbearer) Melech Mitzrayim and his ofeh (baker) had offended adoneihem Melech Mitzrayim.
Genesis 40:15For indeed I was stolen away out of the Eretz HaIvrim; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the bor (dungeon).
Psalms 76:10When Elohim arose to mishpat, 1 to save all the meek of Eretz. 1 Selah 1
Isaiah 53:8He was taken from prison and from judgment; 1 and who of his generation declared? 1 For he was cut off + 53:8 Dan 9:26; Lv 17:10 out of Eretz Chayyim + 53:8 this refers to the mot of Moshiach Ben Dovid, see v.12 1 mipesha ami (for the transgression of my people [Yisroel]), 1 nega + 53:8 cf. Ps 91:10 (plague) lamo ([fell] on him). + 53:8 i.e., Moshiach; in light of Ps 11:7 and Job 22:2 we are warranted in saying the suffix is a singular, “him,” not “them”. Cf Gn 9:26-27; Dt 33:2; Isa 44:15 ; also compare 1Chr 21:17 1
2 Timothy 2:9For which I suffer as if I were an evil-doer, even to the point of the bais hasoharʼs bonds, but the Dvar Hashem has no bonds.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 39:20-23
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And 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. 21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in… Read the whole commentary →