And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

Ver. 4. And the captain of the guard, &c.] This was Potiphar probably: who by this time saw his own error, and Joseph's innocency; yet kept him still in prison, perhaps to save his wife's honesty. Truth is the daughter of Time; a it wil1 not always lie hid. Splendet cure obscuratur; vincit cum opprimitur, Hinc, ut Pacis templum in media urbe extruxerunt olim Romani, ita Veritatis statuam in suis urbibus olim coluerunt Aegyptii. b

a The word Aληθεια is from α and ληθειν

b Caseus, in Ethic

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