the place.

創世記 39:20,23
把約瑟下在監裡，就是王的囚犯被囚的地方。於是約瑟在那裡坐監。…

where Joseph was bound.

創世記 40:20
到了第三天，是法老的生日，他為眾臣僕設擺筵席，把酒政和膳長提出監來，

,) 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.