Genesis 39:20
New Living Translation
20 So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king’s prisoners were held, and there he remained.
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Genesis 39:20
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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,
Genesis 40:15
New Living Translation
15 For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”
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Genesis 40:15
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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)
1 Peter 2:19
New Living Translation
19 For God is pleased when, conscious of his will, you patiently endure unjust treatment.
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1 Peter 2:19
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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)
2 Timothy 2:9
New Living Translation
9 And because I preach this Good News, I am suffering and have been chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained.
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2 Timothy 2:9
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9 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.
Daniel 3:21-22
New Living Translation
21 So they tied them up and threw them into the furnace, fully dressed in their pants, turbans, robes, and other garments. 22 And because the king, in his anger, had demanded such a hot fire in the furnace, the flames killed the soldiers as they threw the three men in.
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Daniel 3:21-22
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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)
Isaiah 53:8
New Living Translation
8 Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.[a]
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.[b]
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
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Isaiah 53:8
New International Version
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
- 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?
Psalm 105:18-19
New Living Translation
18 They bruised his feet with fetters
and placed his neck in an iron collar.
19 Until the time came to fulfill his dreams,[a]
the Lord tested Joseph’s character.
Footnotes
- 105:19 Hebrew his word.
Psalm 105:18-19
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Psalm 76:10
New Living Translation
10 Human defiance only enhances your glory,
for you use it as a weapon.[a]
Footnotes
- 76:10 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Psalm 76:10
New International Version
Footnotes
- Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself
Genesis 41:9-14
New Living Translation
9 Finally, the king’s chief cup-bearer spoke up. “Today I have been reminded of my failure,” he told Pharaoh. 10 “Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard. 11 One night the chief baker and I each had a dream, and each dream had its own meaning. 12 There was a young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he told us what each of our dreams meant. 13 And everything happened just as he had predicted. I was restored to my position as cup-bearer, and the chief baker was executed and impaled on a pole.”
14 Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly brought from the prison. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he went in and stood before Pharaoh.
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Genesis 41:9-14
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9 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.
Genesis 40:1-3
New Living Translation
Joseph Interprets Two Dreams
40 Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master. 2 Pharaoh became angry with these two officials, 3 and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.
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Genesis 40:1-3
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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. 2 Pharaoh was angry(C) with his two officials,(D) the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 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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