Genesis 42:17
“And he put them all together into ward three days.”
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
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.
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
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:
Cross-References
“Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.”
“And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.”
“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:”
“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.”
“And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.”