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21 But (A)Yahweh was with Joseph and [a]extended lovingkindness to him and (B)gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. 22 So the chief jailer (C)gave into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was [b]the one who did it. 23 (D)The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph’s hand because (E)Yahweh was with him; and whatever he did, (F)Yahweh made to succeed.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 39:21 Or turned aside, cf. 38:1, 16
  2. Genesis 39:22 Lit the doer

21 the Lord was with Joseph and remained loyal to him. He caused the jail’s commander to think highly of Joseph. 22 The jail’s commander put all of the prisoners in the jail under Joseph’s supervision, and he was the one who determined everything that happened there. 23 The jail’s commander paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s supervision, because the Lord was with him and made everything he did successful.

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