Genesis 42:18
And Yosef said unto them on the Yom HaShlishi, + 42:18 See 1C 15:4 This do, and live; for I fear HaElohim:
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 put them all together el-mishmar (in custody) shloshet yamim.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the meyalledot feared HaElohim, and did not as Melech Mitzrayim commanded them, but saved the yeladim alive.
Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear Eloheicha.
Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that had been before me placed a heavy burden on HaAm, and had taken of them lechem and yayin, in addition to the forty shekels of kesef; yea, even their assistants domineered HaAm; but so did not I, because of yirat Elohim.
Luke 18:4And for a zman (time) the Shofet was not willing. But after these things, he said to himself, If indeed Hashem I do not fear nor do Bnei Adam I respect,
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 →