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Genesis 42:17

Genesis 42:17
And he put them all together into ward three days.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And they said one to another,.... Before they went out of the prison, at least while in the presence of Joseph:

we are…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 42:1-38

- Joseph and Ten of His Brethren 1. שׁבר sheber, “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar “pure,” “winnowed,” hence,…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 42:7-20

We may well wonder that Joseph, during the twenty years that he had now been in Egypt, especially during the last seven…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

put them … into ward i.e. "in charge, or safe keeping"; as in Gen 40:3. Not "in prison," as in Gen 39:20. Joseph's…