And they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it. The empty cistern — no water — is the detail that confirms this was not a death-by-drowning but a holding place. Joseph is alive in the darkness of the cistern. The application: the pit that has no water is the pit from which rescue is still possible. The detail is not incidental; it is the narrative's signal that the story is not over.

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