Genesis 42:17
and he removeth them unto charge three days.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And he put them all together into ward three days.
In Context
18And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, 'This do and live; God I fear!
Cross References
Genesis 40:4and the chief of the executioners chargeth Joseph with them, and he serveth them; and they are days in charge.
Genesis 41:10Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;
Psalms 119:65[Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word.
Acts 4:3and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;
Hebrews 12:10for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;
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 →