5040. Verses 21-23 And Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the governora of the prison-house. And the governora of the prison-house gave into Joseph's hand all the bound who were in the prison-house; and everything they did there, he was the doer of it.b The governor of the prison-house oversaw nothing whatever that was in his hand, in that Jehovah was with him; and whatever he did, Jehovah made it prosper.
'And Jehovah was with Joseph' means that the Divine was inwardly present. 'And showed mercy to him' means Divine love within every individual thing. 'And gave him favour in the eyes of the governor of the prison-house' means consequent support in temptations. 'And the governor of the prison-house gave' means the truth governing in a state of temptations. 'Into Joseph's hand all the bound who were in the prison-house' means from Him over all falsities. 'And everything they did there, he was the doer of it' means absolute power and control. 'The governor of the prison-house oversaw nothing whatever that was in his hand' means that He Himself governed truth. 'In that Jehovah was with him' means from the Divine that was within Him. 'And whatever he did, Jehovah made it prosper' means that the Divine Providence began in Himself.
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