Genesis 42:17
So he put them all into prison for three days.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
18Then Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this, and live, for I respect God:
Cross References
Genesis 40:4and they remained in confinement for some time.
Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was very angry with his servants and imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard.
Psalms 119:65Well have you dealt with your servant, as you have promised, O Lord.
Acts 4:3They arrested the apostles and, as it was already evening, had them placed in custody until the next day.
Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for only a short time and as seemed best to them; but God disciplines us for our true good, to enable us to share 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 →