And he put them all together into ward three days.
And he put them all together into ward three days.
and he removeth them unto charge three days.
And he put them in custody three days.
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
Voices1
And he put them all together into ward three days. In order to consult together, and agree who should be sent to fetch their brother; and which it seems probable in this length of time they could not agree upon, no one caring to be the bringer of such evil tidings to their father.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches11
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
leads to
Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused…
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
Through
Genesis 40:7So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
leads to
so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
Through
Leviticus 24:12They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
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“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
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