Genesis 42:17
Good News Translation
With that, he put them in prison for three days.

New Revised Standard Version
And he put them all together in prison for three days.

Contemporary English Version
Joseph kept them all under guard for three days,

New American Bible
With that, he locked them up in the guardhouse for three days.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So he put them in prison three days.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So he put them in prison three days.

put.

Isaiah 24:22 And they shall be gathered together as in the gathering of one bundle into the pit, and they shall be shut up there in prison: and after many days they shall be visited.

Acts 5:18 And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

ward.

Genesis 40:4,7 But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody. . . .

Genesis 41:10 The king being angry with his servants, commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers.

Leviticus 24:12 And they put him into prison, till they might know what the Lord would command.

Psalm 119:65 Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.

Acts 4:3 And they laid hands upon them and put them in hold till the next day: for it was now evening.

Hebrews 12:10 And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure, instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his sanctification.

Context
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
16Send one of you to fetch him: and you shall be in prison, till what you have said be proved, whether it be true or false: or else by the health of Pharao you are spies. 17So he put them in prison three days.18And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live: for I fear God.…
Cross References
Genesis 40:4
But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.

Genesis 40:7
He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?

Genesis 42:16
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