Genesis 42:17
He put them all in custody for three days.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
18Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God.
Cross References
Genesis 40:4The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he served them. They remained in custody for some time.
Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, the chief baker and me.
Psalms 119:65You have done good to your servant, 1 Yahweh, by means of your word. 1
Acts 4:3They arrested them and put them in jail until the next morning, since it was now evening.
Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best. But God disciplines us for our good, so that we can 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 →