Genesis 42:17

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And he put them all into custody for three days.

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  • Gen 40:4 : 4 The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he attended to them. After some time, they were kept in custody.
  • Gen 40:7 : 7 He asked Pharaoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, 'Why do you look so downcast today?'
  • Gen 41:10 : 10 'Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard.'
  • Lev 24:12 : 12 They put him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
  • Ps 119:65 : 65 You have dealt well with Your servant, LORD, according to Your word.
  • Isa 24:22 : 22 They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit; they will be shut in a dungeon, and after many days they will be punished.
  • Acts 4:3 : 3 So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day, since it was already evening.
  • Acts 5:18 : 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few days as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:18-20
    3 verses
    83%

    18On the third day, Joseph said to them, 'Do this, and you will live; for I fear God.'

    19If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

    20Then bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.' And they did so.

  • Gen 40:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined.

    4The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he attended to them. After some time, they were kept in custody.

    5Both of them—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

  • Gen 42:13-16
    4 verses
    82%

    13And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.'

    14But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

    15This is how you will be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.'

    16Send one of you to bring your brother; the rest of you will stay in prison. This will test whether your words are true. If not, then by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies.'

  • Gen 40:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18Joseph answered, 'This is its interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

    19Within three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head—off of you—and hang you on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh from you.'

  • Gen 40:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12Then Joseph said to him, 'This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.

    13In three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

  • Gen 39:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    20So Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison where the king's prisoners were held, and he remained there.

    21But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

    22The warden put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners, and he was responsible for whatever happened there.

  • Gen 43:17
    73%

    17The steward did as Joseph said and brought the men to Joseph's house.

  • Gen 41:10
    72%

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

  • Gen 42:33-35
    3 verses
    72%

    33'Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, "This is how I will know if you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me and take food for your starving households and go.

    34Bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will release your brother to you, and you may trade in the land."'

    35As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bundle of silver. When they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were frightened.

  • Gen 40:7
    71%

    7He asked Pharaoh's officials who were in custody with him in his master's house, 'Why do you look so downcast today?'

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Joseph instructed the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the opening of his sack."

    2"Then put my silver cup in the opening of the youngest one's sack, along with the silver for his grain." And he did as Joseph had instructed.

  • Gen 42:25
    71%

    25Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man's silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done, they loaded their grain on their donkeys and departed.

  • Gen 40:15
    71%

    15For I was forcibly taken from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in this pit.

  • Ps 105:17
    70%

    17He sent a man ahead of them—Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

  • Gen 42:23
    70%

    23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

  • Gen 43:19
    70%

    19So they approached Joseph's steward and spoke to him at the entrance of the house.

  • Gen 41:13
    70%

    13And just as he interpreted our dreams for us, so it came to be: I was restored to my position, and the other was hanged.

  • Gen 42:3
    69%

    3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 40:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he again placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.

    22But he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.

  • Gen 45:17
    69%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Tell your brothers to do this: Load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.'

  • Num 15:34
    69%

    34They kept him in custody because it had not yet been made clear what should be done to him.

  • Gen 42:9
    69%

    9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come to see the weakness of the land.'