What Does Genesis 39:22 Mean?

“committed”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“And the keeper”

a head person (of any rank or class)

“of the prison”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

a dungeon (as surrounded by walls)

“hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“to Joseph's”

joseph, the name of seven israelites

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all the prisoners”

bound, i.e., a captive

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“of the prison”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

a dungeon (as surrounded by walls)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“and whatsoever they did”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“and whatsoever they did”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application