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Genesis 42:17

And he put them all together into ward three days.

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וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvayeesofand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…אֹתָ֛םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).מִשְׁמָ֖רmishmarguardמִשְׁמָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “guard”, the ordinary formH4929a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתsheloshetthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “third”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).יָמִֽיםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a 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)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he put them all together into ward three days.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he put them all together into ward three days.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he removeth them unto charge three days.

World English Bible

He put them all together into custody for three days.

Darby Translation

And he put them in custody three days.

Douay-Rheims

So he put them in prison three days.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he put them all together into ward three days.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he put them in prison three days.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺς ἐν φυλακῇ ἡμέρας τρεῖς.

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