Genesis 42:17 “So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,”

Genesis 42:17

So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he put them all together into ward three days.

World English Bible

He put them all together into custody for three days.

American Standard Version

And he put them all together into ward three days.

Geneva Bible 1599

So he put them in warde three dayes.

Darby Translation

And he put them in custody three days.

Young's Literal Translation

and he removeth them unto charge three days.

Bible in Basic English

So he put them in prison for three days.

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Cross references

“put”

Isaiah 24:22 Acts 5:18

Isaiah 24:22 · BSB

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

Acts 5:18 · BSB

and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

“ward”

Genesis 40:4 Genesis 40:7 Hebrews 12:10 Genesis 41:10 Leviticus 24:12 Psalm 119:65

Genesis 40:4 · BSB

The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

Genesis 40:7 · BSB

So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

Hebrews 12:10 · BSB

Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

Genesis 41:10 · BSB

Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.

Leviticus 24:12 · BSB

They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

Psalm 119:65 · BSB

You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

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