CONTENTS The sacred historian prosecutes the interesting history of Joseph through this Chapter. The events of the prison, which by their tendency had a relation to Joseph and his future prospects in life, are here related. The chief butler and the chief baker, servants in Pharaoh's household, are... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader! do not overlook in this verse, that this captain of the guard must have been Potiphar, Genesis 39:1. Whether by this time Joseph's master had begun to believe Joseph was innocent doth not appear, but yet it should seem so, in that he committed to his care those state prisoners.... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen_39:21; Gen_39:23... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe how GOD works in his providences, and by what various means: Job 33:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
If we spiritualize this question and apply it to soul-distresses, that verse of David will be the enquiry, Psalms 42:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
How piously Joseph refers all wisdom unto GOD! Isaiah 41:22; Daniel 2:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
It was the method probably before the art of making wine was well understood, to press the juice of the grape in this manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
Doth not this lead the pious heart to the remembrance of him, who ought to be endeared indeed to our remembrance?... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Kings 25:27; Psalms 4:3; Jeremiah 52:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe in all this Joseph drops not a word of complaint against any, not a syllable either of his brethren's cruelty or his mistress's injustice. Would the Reader know the cause why he did not, I refer him to Joseph's sentiment: Genesis 45:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
Proverbs 16:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 6:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ecclesiastes 9:15 REFLECTIONS Reader! mark this down in the memorandums of your life, that whether in a prison or a palace, the faithful have GOD for their portion. And what a sweet thought is it, that, as no walls can confine the souls of GOD'S people; so neither can bolts or bars shut the LORD ou... [ Continue Reading ]