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21 But the Lord was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his faithful love. And the Lord made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden. 22 Before long, the warden put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and over everything that happened in the prison. 23 The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The Lord was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.

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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