* 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.