Genesis 42:18
On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God will punish me if I do not do what I promise. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
In Context
17Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared/revered God. So they did not do what the king told them to do. They allowed the baby boys to live.
Leviticus 25:43And do not treat the Israelis whom you buy cruelly; instead, revere me, your God.
Nehemiah 5:15The men who were governors before I became the governor had burdened the people by requiring them to pay a lot of taxes. They had forced each person to pay to them 40 silver coins every day, in addition to giving food and wine to them. Even their servants/officials oppressed the people. But I did not do that, because I revered God.
Luke 18:4For a long time the judge refused to help her. But later he thought to himself, ‘I do not revere God and I do not care about people,
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 →