Genesis 42:17-18

17And he put them all together in custody for three days.

18On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, afor I fear God:

2 Chronicles 10:5-12

5He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away.

6Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men,
Or  the elders; also verses 8, 13
who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”
7And they said to him, cIf you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” 8But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. 9And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” 10And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s thighs. 11And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.”
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