Genesis 40:3
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He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.

Genesis 39:1
And Joseph was brought into Egypt, and Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, chief captain of the army, an Egyptian, bought him of the Ismaelites, by whom he was brought.

Genesis 39:20
And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up.

Genesis 39:22
Who delivered into his hand all the prisoners that were kept in custody: and whatsoever was done, was under him.

Genesis 40:4
But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.

Genesis 41:10
The king being angry with his servants, commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers.

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He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.

the place.

Genesis 39:20,23 And cast Joseph into the prison, where the king's prisoners were kept, and he was there shut up. . . .

where Joseph was bound.

Genesis 40:20 The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker.

,) was the king's prison. All the officers in the employment of the ancient kings of Egypt, according to Diodorus Siculus, were taken from the most illustrious families of the priesthood in the country; no slave or common person being ever permitted to serve in the presence of the king. As these persons were of the most noble families, it is natural to expect they would be put, when accused, into the state prison.

Context
The Cupbearer and the Baker
2And Pharao being angry with them, (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker,) 3He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner.4But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.…
Lexicon
and imprisoned them
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

in the house
בֵּ֛ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of the captain
שַׂ֥ר (śar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

of the guard,
הַטַבָּחִ֖ים‪‬ (ha·ṭab·bā·ḥîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2876: A butcher, a lifeguardsman, a cook

the same prison
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

where
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

Joseph
יוֹסֵ֖ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

was confined.
אָס֥וּר (’ā·sūr)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle


Additional Translations
and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.

and he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned.

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph is a prisoner,
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