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|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.
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|So he placed them in the custody of the chief executioner, and committed them to the House of the Curve--the same place where [[Joseph]] was now an inmate.
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|So he placed them in the custody of the chief executioner, and committed them to the House of the Curve—the same place where [[Joseph]] was now an inmate.
 
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|And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
 
|And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
 
|The chief executioner ordered Joseph to take charge of them. Joseph tended to their needs while they were in ward.
 
|The chief executioner ordered Joseph to take charge of them. Joseph tended to their needs while they were in ward.
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|A clear indication that the warden of the House of the Curve answered, probably directly, to [[Potiphar]]. Despite all that had passed between them, Joseph had by then earned enough trust for Potiphar to give him a special assignment. This would be equivalent to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons giving an extra-special job to the most trusted inmate at Leavenworth Federal Prison to take charge of two fellow inmates.
 
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|And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
 
|And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
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|Each of the two men dreamed a dream, each man his own dream in the same night, each dream requiring a different interpretation--that is, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the House of the Curve.
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|Each of the two men dreamed a dream, each man his own dream in the same night, each dream requiring a different interpretation—that is, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the House of the Curve.
 
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|For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
 
|For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
 
|"In fact, I was stolen away out of the country of the [[Hebrews]], and furthermore, I haven't done anything to merit my confinement in this Hole."
 
|"In fact, I was stolen away out of the country of the [[Hebrews]], and furthermore, I haven't done anything to merit my confinement in this Hole."
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|Any prison is "The Hole" to an inmate, but Joseph forgets at this point that he's a trusty, and his status is much higher than that of any other inmate.
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|Any prison is "The Hole" to an inmate, even to Joseph, the trusty of all trusties.
 
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|Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
 
|Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
 
|But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot about him.
 
|But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot about him.
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|He probably didn't dare mention these dreams, because he didn't want to risk angering Pharaoh all over again for his initial offense. Besides, he might have feared Joseph's ability more than he appreciated it. In any event, he ''would'' reveal the secret, but all in good time—that is to say, [[God]]'s time.
 
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