Genesis 42:17
And he put them all together into ward three days.
King James Version
In Context
18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Cross References
Genesis 40:4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
Psalms 119:65Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Acts 4:3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Hebrews 12:10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of 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 →