Genesis 42:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He imprisoned them all for three days.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 40:4 : 4 The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.
  • Gen 40:7 : 7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house,“Why do you look so sad today?”
  • Gen 41:10 : 10 Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards– me and the chief baker.
  • Lev 24:12 : 12 So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the LORD.
  • Ps 119:65 : 65 ט(Tet) You are good to your servant, O LORD, just as you promised.
  • Isa 24:22 : 22 They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished.
  • Acts 4:3 : 3 So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).
  • Acts 5:18 : 18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share 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 as I say and you will live, for I fear God.

    19If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

    20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.

  • Gen 40:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

    4The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time 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. Each man’s dream had its own meaning.

  • Gen 42:13-16
    4 verses
    82%

    13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”

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

    15You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

    16One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

  • Gen 40:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18Joseph replied,“This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days.

    19In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

  • Gen 40:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12“This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him.“The three branches represent three days.

    13In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.

  • Gen 39:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    20Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

    21But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.

    22The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.

  • Gen 43:17
    73%

    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

  • Gen 41:10
    72%

    10Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards– me and the chief baker.

  • Gen 42:33-35
    3 verses
    72%

    33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

    34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”

    35When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

  • Gen 40:7
    71%

    7So he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house,“Why do you look so sad today?”

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1The Final Test He instructed the servant who was over his household,“Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.

    2Then put my cup– the silver cup– in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed.

  • Gen 42:25
    71%

    25Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.

  • Gen 40:15
    71%

    15for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon.”

  • Ps 105:17
    70%

    17He sent a man ahead of them– Joseph was sold as a servant.

  • Gen 42:23
    70%

    23(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

  • Gen 43:19
    70%

    19So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

  • Gen 41:13
    70%

    13It happened just as he had said to us– Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.”

  • Gen 42:3
    69%

    3So 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 former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,

    22but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted.

  • Gen 45:17
    69%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

  • Num 15:34
    69%

    34They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about 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 if our land is vulnerable!”