“The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.”
The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did. The closing formula of the chapter — the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success — is the third occurrence of this statement (verses 2, 21, 23). The triple confirmation is the theological anchor of the Joseph narrative. The application: the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success is the statement that interprets everything else. The circumstances change; the presence does not.
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