Genesis 42:17
So Joseph put all of them in prison for three days.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 40:4The commander of the guard assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant. They were kept in prison for some time.
Genesis 41:10“Your Majesty was angry with some of your officials and you imprisoned me in the house of the commander of the guard, along with the chief baker.
Psalms 119:65Lord, you have been so good to me, your servant, as you have promised.
Acts 4:3They arrested them and placed them under guard until the following day since it was already evening.
Hebrews 12:10They disciplined us for a short while as they thought appropriate, but God does so for our benefit in order that we can share his holy character.
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 →