And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:(Genesis 42:14)

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.(Genesis 42:15)

Send 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.(Genesis 42:16)

And he put them all together into ward three days.

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:(Genesis 42:18)

If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:(Genesis 42:19)

But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.(Genesis 42:20)

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Genesis 42:17 - Cross Reference

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. (Acts 5:18)

Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. (Psalm 119:65)

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. (Genesis 40:4)

And 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? (Genesis 40:7)

And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be showed them. (Leviticus 24:12)

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. (Isaiah 24:22)

Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: (Genesis 41:10)

For 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. (Hebrews 12:10)

And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. (Acts 4:3)