Genesis 42:17

And he put them altogether in warde three dayes.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And he put them all together into ward three days.

In Context

16Sende out one of you, whiche may fet your brother, and ye shalbe kept in pryson, that your wordes may be proued whether there be any trueth in you: or els [by] the lyfe of Pharao, ye are but spyes.

18And Ioseph said vnto them the thirde day: this do & liue, [for] I feare God.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:4And the chiefe steward gaue Ioseph a charge with them, & he serued them: and they continued a season in warde.

Genesis 41:10Pharao beyng angry with his seruauntes, put in warde in the chiefe stewardes house both me, and the chiefe baker.

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 →

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