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     * the place.
     # 39:20,23|
     * where Joseph was bound.
       Or, "where Joseph was confined," for he doubtless had his
       personal liberty.  This place, we learn from the preceding
       chapter, (ver. 20,) 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.