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Genesis 42:18

Joseph
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16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

17 And he put them all together into ward three days.

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

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BSB
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
KJV
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
WEB
Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
ASV
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live: for I fear God:
DARBY
And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.
BLB
And Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and you will live; I fear God:
ÅB
Men den tredje dag sa Josef til dem: Gjør som jeg nå sier, så skal dere leve! Jeg frykter Gud.
OTB
På den tredje dagen talte Josef til dem og sa: "Gjør dette, så skal dere leve, for jeg har ærefrykt for Gud:
B1930
Men den tredje dag sa Josef til dem: Gjør som jeg nu sier, så skal I leve! Jeg frykter Gud.

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 25:43

    Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

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  • Nehemiah 5:15

    But 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.

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  • Genesis 20:11

    And 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.

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  • Luke 18:2

    Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

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  • Luke 18:4

    And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

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  • Nehemiah 5:9

    Also 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?

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