Genesis 42:17
So he put them in prison for three days.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 40:4And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.
Genesis 41:10Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and had put me in prison in the house of the captain of the army, together with the chief bread-maker;
Psalms 119:65TETH You have done good to your servant, O Lord, in keeping with your word.
Acts 4:3And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.
Hebrews 12:10For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
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 →