Genesis 39:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 39:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 39:20 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was the..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 39:20 — KJV
“And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.”
— Genesis 39:20 (KJV)
Genesis 39:20 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 39:20
“And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 39:20: joseph, put, into
“And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 39:20: took, prison, king
“But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. put out: Heb. bored out”
Shares key themes with Genesis 39:20: took, put, prison
“And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. ward: Heb. an house of ward shut...: Heb. bound living...: Heb. in widowhood of life”
Shares key themes with Genesis 39:20: took, put, king
“In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 39:20: took, into, place
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