Genesis 42:18
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:In other versions
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live: for I fear God:
ASV
And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:
BBE
And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.
DBY
Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.
WEB
And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!
YLT
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
ENG
And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
WBT
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
BSB
In context
16Send 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.
17And he put them all together into ward three days.
18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19If 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:
20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Joseph