Genesis 42:18
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And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
In other translations
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Leviticus 25:43Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
- Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
- Luke 18:2Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
- Luke 18:4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
- Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
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People and places
People: Joseph