Holy Scripture

Genesis 39:20

A church father on this verse
“Therefore I might say Joseph was happier when he was put into prison, because he was giving witness on behalf of chastity. For modesty is a good gift but one of lesser merit when it involves no risk. Where, however, it is maintained at the risk of one's safety, there it wins a more abundant crown. With his case unhear…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — On Joseph the Patriarch

Source: Septuagint

Original

20And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king’s prisoners are kept, there in the prison.

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18And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled and departed forth.

19And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant to me, that he was very angry.

— Genesis 39:20 —

21And the Lord was with Joseph, and poured down mercy upon him; and he gave him favor in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison.

22And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners as many as were in the prison; and all things whatsoever they do there, he did them.

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