Genesis 42:18
And Joseph said unto them on the third day, This, do and live,—God himself, do, I, revere.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 drew them all together into ward, for three days.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt spake unto them,—but suffered the male children to live.
Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour,—so shalt thou stand in awe of thy God.
Nehemiah 5:15whereas, the former pashas, who were before me, suffered themselves to be a burden upon the people, and took from them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver, even, their young men, bare rule over the people,—but, I, did not so, because of the fear of God.
Luke 18:4And he was unwilling for a time; but, after these things, he said within himself—Although, neither God, I reverence, nor man, 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 →