Genesis 42:18
On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God, do as I tell you and you'll live.
Free Bible Version
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 put all of them in prison for three days.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But because the midwives revered God, they didn't do what the king of Egypt had ordered. They let the boys live as well.
Leviticus 25:43Don't treat them with brutality. Have respect for your God.
Nehemiah 5:15But the governors before me had placed a heavy burden on the people, taking forty shekels of silver from them as well as food and wine. Their assistants also extorted the people. But because of my respect for God I didn't act like that.
Luke 18:4For a while he didn't want to do anything about it, but eventually he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't respect God or care about anyone,
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 →