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Genesis 42:17

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42:17He imprisoned32 them all for three days.

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Footnotes

  1. 32 The same Hebrew word is used for Joseph’s imprisonment in 40:3, 4, 7. There is some mirroring going on in the narrative. The Hebrew word used here (אָסַף, ’asaf, “to gather”) is not normally used in a context like this (for placing someone in prison), but it forms a wordplay on the name Joseph (יוֹסֵף, yosoef) and keeps the comparison working.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he put them all together in custody for three days.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And he put them all in custody for three days.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Joseph imprisoned them together for three days.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Joseph put them all in prison for three days.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then he gathered them into the prison for three days.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he put them all together into ward three days.