Genesis 42:17

So he drew them all together into ward, for three days.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he put them all together into ward three days.

In Context

16Send—from among you—one that he may fetch your brother, but be, ye, held as prisoners, that your words may be proved whether, truth, is with you,—and, if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely, spies, ye are.

18And Joseph said unto them on the third day, This, do and live,—God himself, do, I, revere.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:4And the chief of the royal executioners charged Joseph with them and he waited upon them, and they were some days in ward.

Genesis 41:10Pharaoh, was wroth with his servants,—and put them in the ward of the house of the chief of the royal executioners, me, and the chief of the bakers.

Psalms 119:65[TETH.] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.

Acts 4:3And they thrust on them their hands, and put them in custody for the morrow, for it was evening, already.

Hebrews 12:10For, they, indeed, for a few days, according to that which seemed good to them, were administering discipline; but, he, unto that which is profitable, with view to our partaking 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 →

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