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Genesis 42:17

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And he put them all together into ward three days.
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  1. Genesis 40:4Rank 1 from verse 17
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    4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

  2. Genesis 40:7Rank 2 from verse 17
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    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?

  3. Hebrews 12:10Rank 3 from verse 17
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    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.

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    3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

  5. Acts 5:18Rank 5 from verse 17
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    18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

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Genesis 42:17

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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COMBINED MEANING

ward

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1. Guard, watch, duty, an assigned division, or the place or body keeping watch. 2. Joined to a direction or object, toward or in relation to it. 3. Custody or confinement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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16Send 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.

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

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18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

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