Joseph, though a foreigner, gradually gained his confidence, and became overseer over all his possessions. Believing the false accusation which his profligate wife brought against Joseph, Potiphar cast him into prison, where he remained for some years. Potters field the name given to the piece of ground which was afterwards bought with the money that had been given to Judas. Tradition places it in the valley of Hinnom. Pottery the art of, was early practised among all nations.
Various materials seem to have been employed by the potter.
See also 1 Chr. This is properly a military word. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or formal. Prayer presupposes a belief in the personality of God, his ability and willingness to hold intercourse with us, his personal control of all things and of all his creatures and all their actions. No rules are anywhere in Scripture laid down for the manner of prayer or the attitude to be assumed by the suppliant.