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Genesis 42:17

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

16 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.

And he put them all together into ward three days.

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

19 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:

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BSB
So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
KJV
And he put them all together into ward three days.
WEB
He put them all together into custody for three days.
ASV
And he put them all together into ward three days.
DARBY
And he put them in custody three days.
BLB
And he put them all together in custody three days.
ÅB
Og han holdt dem alle sammen i fengsel i tre dager.
OTB
Og han lot dem alle holdes i varetekt i tre dager.
B1930
Og han holdt dem alle sammen i fengsel i tre dager.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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  • 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:

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  • 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.

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  • Acts 4:3

    And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

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  • Acts 5:18

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

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  • Leviticus 24:12

    And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.

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