Genesis 42:17
And he put them all together el-mishmar (in custody) shloshet yamim.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 40:4And the sar hatabachim charged Yosef with them, and he ministered to them; and they continued a season b'mishmar (in custody, under watch).
Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was in wrath with his avadim, and put me b'mishmar (in custody) in the bais sar hatabbachim, both me and the sar ha'ofim;
Psalms 119:65Thou hast dealt well with Thy eved, Hashem, 1 according unto Thy word. 1
Acts 4:3And they took them with their hands, and put them in the beis hasohar until the next day, for it was already erev.
Hebrews 12:10For they disciplined us for a short time, as seemed tov to them, but Hashem disciplines us for tov lanu in order that we might share in his kedushah.
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 →