Chuàngshìjì 42:17

17 Yúshì Yūesè bǎ tāmen dōu xià zaì jiānlǐ sān tiān .

Chuàngshìjì 42:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:17

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.

Chuàngshìjì 42:17 In-Context

15 Wǒ zhǐ zhe fǎlǎo de xìngméng qǐshì , ruò shì nǐmen de xiǎo xiōngdi bú dào zhèlǐ lái , nǐmen jiù bùdé chū zhè dìfang , cóngcǐ jiù kĕyǐ bǎ nǐmen zhèng yàn chūlai le .

16 Xū yào dǎfa nǐmen zhōngjiān yī gèrén qù , bǎ nǐmen de xiōngdi daì lái . zhìyú nǐmen , dōu yào qiú zaì zhèlǐ , hǎo zhèng yàn nǐmen de huà shè bú zhēn , ruò bù zhēn , wǒ zhǐ zhe fǎlǎo de xìngméng qǐshì , nǐmen yídéng shì jiānxi .

17 Yúshì Yūesè bǎ tāmen dōu xià zaì jiānlǐ sān tiān .

18 Dào le dì sān tiān , Yūesè duì tāmen shuō , wǒ shì jìngwèi shén de . nǐmen zhào wǒde huà xíng jiù kĕyǐ cún huó .

19 Nǐmen rúguǒ shì chéngshí rén , kĕyǐ liú nǐmen zhōngjiān de yī gèrén qiú zaì jiānlǐ , dàn nǐmen kĕyǐ daì zhe liángshi huí qù , jiù nǐmen jiā lǐ de jīhuāng .