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Genesis 40:3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the [same] place where Joseph was imprisoned.

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      3. Pharaoh put them in ward, &c.--Whatever was their crime, they were committed, until their case could be investigated, to the custody of the captain of the guard, that is, Potiphar, in an outer part of whose house the royal prison was situated.

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Brief Summary: Joseph interprets the dreams of Pharaoh's chief butler and chief baker, the dreams came to pass, the butler forgets to mention Joseph.

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1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh in prison.
4 Joseph has charge of them
5 Joseph interprels their dreams
20 which come to pass as he described
23 The butler forgets Joseph

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