the place.

Gênesis 39:20,23
O senhor de José mandou apanhá-lo e jogá-lo na prisão, onde estavam os prisioneiros do rei. Assim, ele ficou na prisão.…

where Joseph was bound.

Gênesis 40:20
Três dias se passaram e era a comemoração do dia do nascimento do Faraó, e ele ofereceu um banquete a todos os seus conselheiros. Na presença de toda a corte reapresentou o chefe dos copeiros e o chefe dos padeiros.

,) was the king's prison. All the officers in the employment of the ancient kings of Egypt, according to Diodorus Siculus, were 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 were of the most noble families, it is natural to expect they would be put, when accused, into the state prison.