Genesis 42:17
So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
Cross References
Genesis 40:4The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
Psalms 119:65You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
Acts 4:3They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in 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 →