5030. Verses 19, 20 And it happened - as his lord heard his wife's words which she spoke to him, saying, This is whata your slave did to me - that his anger flared up. And Joseph's lord took him and committed him to the prison-house, a place where the king's bound ones were bound; and he was there in the prison-house.
'And it happened' means a new state. 'As his lord heard his wife's words which she spoke to him' means the communication of falsity which looked like the truth. 'Saying, This is what your slave did to me means corroboration. 'That his anger flared up' means an aversion to spiritual truth. 'And Joseph's lord took him' means temptation coming from the natural. 'And committed him to the prison-house' means involving false-speaking against good. 'A place where the king's bound ones were bound' means the state of those governed by falsities. 'And he was there in the prison-house' means the duration of that temptation.
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