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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.

And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.

There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. in families: Heb. in a house

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; thy: Heb. thine arm preserve: Heb. reserve the children of death

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; those: Heb. the children of death

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? opened: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,