Genesis 42:18
Then Ioseph said vnto them the third day, This do, and liue: for I feare God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
In Context
17So he put them in warde three dayes.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17Notwithstanding ye midwiues feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt commanded them, but preserued aliue the men children.
Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule ouer him cruelly, but shalt feare thy God.
Nehemiah 5:15For the former gouernours that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides fourtie shekels of siluer: yea, and their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare of God.
Luke 18:4And hee would not of a long time: but afterward he said with himselfe, Though I feare not God, nor reuerence 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 →