Genesis 42 · Verse 17

Genesis 42:17

And he put them all together into ward three days.
Genesis 42:17, King James Version

Genesis 42:17 in other translations

BSBSo Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
WEBHe put them all together into custody for three days.
ASVAnd he put them all together into ward three days.
YLTand he removeth them unto charge three days.
DARBYAnd he put them in custody three days.
BBESo he put them in prison for three days.
WebsterAnd he put them all together into custody three days.

What does Genesis 42:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 42:17-24
17-24. put them ... into ward three days--Their confinement had been designed to bring them to salutary reflection. And this object was attained, for they looked upon the retributive justice of God as now pursuing them in that foreign land. The drift of their conversation is one of the most striking instances on record of the power of conscience [Ge 42:21, 22].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 42:7-20

Joseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had made away with him, and he gave them occasion to speak of their father and brother. God, in his providence, sometimes seems harsh with those he loves, and speaks roughly to those for whom yet he has great mercy in store. Joseph settled at last, that one of them…

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Genesis 42:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.Sofand he removedH622
אֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מִשְׁמָ֖רmish.MarcustodyH4929
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeH7969
יָמִֽים\׃ya.MimdaysH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 42:17

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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:

  • 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.

  • Acts 4:3

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

  • Acts 5:18

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

  • Leviticus 24:12

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

  • Psalms 119:65

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
put. Heb. gathered.
Isa 24:22; Ac 5:18
ward.
40:4,7; 41:10; Le 24:12; Ps 119:65; Ac 4:3; Heb 12:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 42:16

    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.

  • Genesis 42:17

    And he put them all together into ward three days.

  • Genesis 42:18

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

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Genesis 42:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y juntólos en la cárcel por tres días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il les fit mettre ensemble sous garde pendant trois jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er setzte sie drei Tage zusammen in Gewahrsam.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus.