And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner,

and he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned.

and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph is a prisoner,

And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.

sent them to the prison of the leader of the military, in which Joseph also was a prisoner.

Et posuit illos in custodia domus principis satellitum, in domo carceris, in loco in quo Joseph vinctus erat.

Where Joseph was bound - The place in which Joseph was now confined; this is what is implied in being bound; for, without doubt, he had his personal liberty. As the butler and. the baker were state criminals they were put in the same prison with Joseph, which we learn from the preceding chapter, Genesis 39:20, was the king's prison. All the officers in the employment of the ancient kings of Egypt were, according to Diodorus Siculus, 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, therefore, were of the most noble families, it is natural to expect they would be put, when accused, into the state prison.

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where (a) Joseph [was] bound.
(a) God works in many wonderful ways to deliver his own.

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard,.... Who is generally thought to be Potiphar, since this was the office he was in, Genesis 39:1; unless he was dead, and there was another put into his room, or there were more than one in the same office:
into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound; that is, where he had been bound, and where he was still a prisoner, though not fettered and in that close confinement he had been in.

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.