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Genesis 42

Gen. 42:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he γput them all together
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
into ward
mishmar (Hebrew #4929)
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (fig.); also (as observed) a usage (abstr.), or an example (concr.)
KJV usage: diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.
Pronounce: mish-mawr'
Origin: from 8104
three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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gathered.

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Ministry on This Verse

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put.
Heb. gathered.
Isa. 24:22• 22And 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. (Isa. 24:22)
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Acts 5:18• 18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. (Acts 5:18)
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Gen. 40:4,7• 4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
 7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? (Gen. 40:4,7)
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Gen. 41:10• 10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: (Gen. 41:10)
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Lev. 24:12• 12And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be showed them. (Lev. 24:12)
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Psa. 119:65• 65TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word. (Psa. 119:65)
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Acts 4:3• 3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. (Acts 4:3)
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Heb. 12:10• 10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. (Heb. 12:10)
• As they were all guilty, which no one on earth knew so well as Joseph, he committed them all to custody. (“Joseph: 13. Proves His Brethren” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he putb them in custody three days.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "gathered."