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The time; till which time his eminent prudence, and innocency, and piety gave him no relief.
His word; either,
1. Joseph’s word, or his prophecy concerning the chief butler and baker; which is said to come when it was fulfilled, as that word is used, Jud_13:12,17 Eze 24:24, and elsewhere. But the event confutes this; for Joseph was not delivered at that time, but two years after it, Gen_41:1. Or rather,
2.
The word of the Lord, as it follows; the pronoun relative being here put before the substantive, to which it belongs, as it is also Exo_2:6 Job_33:20 Pro_5:22 14:13. He seems to speak of that word or revelation which came first to Pharaoh in a dream, Gen_41:1,2, &c.; and then to Joseph concerning the interpretation of it. Psa_105:15,16. For the word of the Lord is said to come, not only when it comes to pass, but also and most commonly when it is first revealed, as Jer_7:1 11:1 18:1; and God is said to come when he doth reveal it, as Gen_20:3 31:24.
Tried him; either,
1. Tried his sincerity and constancy. But that was not done by God’s word, but by his rod. Or rather,
2. Discovered him, to wit, unto Pharaoh and his courtiers, how innocent, and holy, and knowing a person he was; or purged him from those calumnies which were cast upon him, and so prepared the way for his release, which here follows, Psa_105:20. This verse may well be rendered thus,
Until the time that his word came, even the word of the Lord, which tried him; such ellipses being most usual in the Hebrew text.