Just a brief "Bible" entry, skip it if you like

Every year I attempt to read the Bible through, by way of my One-Year Bible. I don't always make it through, but I never drop out before March, at the earliest. So I'm very familiar with the story of Joseph; he's one of my all-time favorites.

After all, who wouldn't love a dreamer of dreams and positive thinker like Joseph?

I'm reading the New Living Translation now, so it's in modern English. Maybe that's why I noticed a small detail that has escaped me all my life.

Joseph was in charge of Potiphar's household until the boss's wife falsely accused him of attempted rape. Then Potiphar had him put in prison.

What I saw today was that the jail, the dungeon, was in Potiphar's very palace!

This revelation doesn't have any religious significance that I've thought of; it just surprised me that I'd find an un-noticed detail in such a familiar story, a story that I literally grew up reading.

For those of us who love the Bible as God's word, there's always something new to discover.