"And he put them all together into ward three days. {put: Heb. gathered}" — Genesis 42:17

Genesis 42:17 · KJV

“And he put them all together into ward three days. {put: Heb. gathered}”

— Genesis 42:17

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether {there be any} truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye {are} spies. {kept...: Heb. bound}

Verse 18

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; {for} I fear God:

Genesis 42 — Context

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

And he put them all together into ward three days. {put: Heb. gathered}

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; {for} I fear God:

If ye {be} true {men}, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

Cross References

Genesis 40:4

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

Hebrews 12:10

For 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. {after...: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them}

Genesis 40:7

And he asked Pharaoh's officers that {were} with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye {so} sadly to day? {look...: Heb. are your faces evil?}

Leviticus 24:12

And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. {that...: Heb. to expound unto them according to the mouth of the LORD}

Acts 5:18

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

Isaiah 24:22

And they shall be gathered together, {as} prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. {as prisoners...: Heb. with the gathering of prisoners} {pit: or, dungeon} {visited: or, found wanting}

Psalms 119:65

TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.

Genesis 41:10

Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, {both} me and the chief baker: