Genesis 42:17
And he put them in warde thre dayes.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
18And Ioseph sayde vnto the the thryd daye: This doo and lyue for I feare Gode
Cross References
Genesis 40:4And the chefe marshall gaue Ioseph a charge with them and he serued them. And they contynued a season in warde.
Genesis 41:10Pharao was angrie with his servauntes and put in warde in the chefe marshals house both me and the chefe baker.
Acts 4:3And they layde hondes on them and put them in holde vntill the nexte daye: for it was now even tyde.
Hebrews 12:10And they verely for a feaue dayes nurtred vs after their awne pleasure: but he learneth vs vnto that which is proffitable that we myght receave of his holines.
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 →