Genesis 42:18
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
In Context
17So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
Cross References
Exodus 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
Leviticus 25:43You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
Luke 18:4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21
Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →