Joseph imprisoned

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

≈ 1888 BC (placed between the dated events around it)

Traditional reckoning

1718 BC

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

• Genesis 39:20–41:14

Who was there, and where?

• Joseph (son of Jacob)
• Jacob (Israel)
• Reuben
• Pharaoh (of Joseph)

Where: Egypt.

Which verses connect to Genesis 39:20?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. Genesis 40:155 votes

   For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

2. Genesis 40:1–32 votes

   Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, …

3. Genesis 41:9–142 votes

   Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures. Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard. …

4. Psalm 105:18–192 votes

   They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons, until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

5. Isaiah 53:82 votes

   By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

6. Daniel 3:21–222 votes

   So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace. The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.