20 Then Joseph’s master took him and (A)put him into the (B)prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.

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20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison,(A) the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.

But while Joseph was there in the prison,

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15 For indeed I was (A)stolen away from the land of the Hebrews; (B)and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon.”

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15 I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews,(A) and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”(B)

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19 For this is (A)commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.

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19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.(A)

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(A)for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, (B)even to the point of chains; (C)but the word of God is not chained.

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for which I am suffering(A) even to the point of being chained(B) like a criminal. But God’s word(C) is not chained.

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21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore, because the king’s command was [a]urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.

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  1. Daniel 3:22 Or harsh

21 So these men, wearing their robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. 22 The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,(A)

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He was (A)taken from [a]prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For (B)He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

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  1. Isaiah 53:8 confinement

By oppression[a] and judgment(A) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(B)
    for the transgression(C) of my people he was punished.[b]

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  1. Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
  2. Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?

18 (A)They hurt his feet with fetters,
[a]He was laid in irons.
19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
(B)The word of the Lord tested him.

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  1. Psalm 105:18 His soul came into iron

18 They bruised his feet with shackles,(A)
    his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold(B) came to pass,
    till the word(C) of the Lord proved him true.

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10 (A)Surely the wrath of man shall praise You;
With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself.

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10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,(A)
    and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.[a]

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  1. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself

Then the (A)chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: “I remember my faults this day. 10 When Pharaoh was (B)angry with his servants, (C)and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker, 11 (D)we each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. 12 Now there was a young (E)Hebrew man with us there, a (F)servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he (G)interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his own dream. 13 And it came to pass, just (H)as he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”

14 (I)Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they (J)brought him quickly (K)out of the dungeon; and he shaved, (L)changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

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Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings.(A) 10 Pharaoh was once angry with his servants,(B) and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard.(C) 11 Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.(D) 12 Now a young Hebrew(E) was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard.(F) We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream.(G) 13 And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was impaled.(H)

14 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon.(I) When he had shaved(J) and changed his clothes,(K) he came before Pharaoh.

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The Prisoners’ Dreams

40 It came to pass after these things that the (A)butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was (B)angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker. (C)So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

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The Cupbearer and the Baker

40 Some time later, the cupbearer(A) and the baker(B) of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh was angry(C) with his two officials,(D) the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,(E) in the same prison where Joseph was confined.

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