Genesis 42:17

He imprisoned ¹  them all for three days.

Ge 40:4,7; Ge 41:10; Le 24:12; Ps 119:65; Isa 24:22; Ac 4:3; Ac 5:18; Heb 12:10

¹ sn The same Hebrew word is used for Joseph’s imprisonment in 40:3, 4, 7. There is some mirroring going on in the narrative. The Hebrew word used here (אָסַף, ’asaf, “to gather”) is not normally used in a context like this (for placing someone in prison), but it forms a wordplay on the name Joseph (יוֹסֵף, yosoef) and keeps the comparison working.