Genesis 42:18
And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear God!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
In Context
17and he gathers them into confinement [for] three days.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt has spoken to them, and they keep the boys alive;
Leviticus 25:43you do not rule over him with rigor, and you have been afraid of your God.
Nehemiah 5:15the former governors who [are] before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels in silver; also, their servants have ruled over the people—and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.
Luke 18:4and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if I do not fear God, and do not regard man,
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 →