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

Joseph in Prison

21 But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him.(A) He granted him favor with the prison warden.(B) 22 The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority,[a] and he was responsible for everything that was done there. 23 The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph’s authority,[b] because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.(C)

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  1. 39:22 Lit prison in the hand of Joseph
  2. 39:23 Lit anything in his hand