Genesis 42:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he put them all together into ward three days.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 40:4 : 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them: and they continued a season in ward.
Gen 40:7 : 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?
Gen 41:10 : 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:
Lev 24:12 : 12 And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah.
Ps 119:65 : 65 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
Isa 24:22 : 22 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.
Acts 4:3 : 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.
Acts 5:18 : 18 and laid {G846} hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.
Heb 12:10 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 42:18-20
3 verses
83%
18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:
20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
Gen 40:3-5
3 verses
83%
3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them: and they continued a season in ward.
5And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
Gen 42:13-16
4 verses
82%
13And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
Gen 40:18-19
2 verses
76%
18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
19within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Gen 40:12-13
2 verses
76%
12And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
13within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office: and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
Gen 39:20-22
3 verses
74%
20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
21But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
Gen 43:17
73%
17And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.
Gen 41:10
72%
10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:
Gen 42:33-35
3 verses
72%
33And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [grain for] the famine of your houses, and go your way;
34and bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.
35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
Gen 40:7
71%
7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?
Gen 44:1-2
2 verses
71%
1And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
Gen 42:25
71%
25Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way: and thus was it done unto them.
Gen 40:15
71%
15for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
Ps 105:17
70%
17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
Gen 42:23
70%
23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
Gen 43:19
70%
19And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spake unto him at the door of the house,
Gen 41:13
70%
13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Gen 42:3
69%
3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Gen 40:21-22
2 verses
69%
21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
22but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Gen 45:17
69%
17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
Num 15:34
69%
34And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
Gen 42:9
69%
9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.