Genesis 42:17
And he put them all together into ward three days.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live, for I fear God:
Cross References
Genesis 40:4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered to them. And they continued a season in ward.
Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
Psalms 119:65Thou have dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according to thy word.
Acts 4:3And they threw hands on them, and put them in custody for the morrow, for it was now evening.
Hebrews 12:10For those men indeed for a few days chastened us according to that which seemed good to them, but he for that which is advantageous, in order to be partakers of his holiness.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21
Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →