Genesis 42:17
And he put them in the house of custody three days.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear before the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 40:4And the captain of the executioners appointed Joseph with them, and he ministered to them, and they were certain days inward.
Genesis 41:10Pharoh was displeased with his servants, and gave me into custody at the house of the chief executioner, and the chief baker with me.
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 →