Genesis 42:18
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Genesis 42:18 in other translations
| BSB | and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live: |
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| 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: |
| YLT | And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, ‘This do and live; God I fear! |
| DARBY | And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God. |
| BBE | And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man: |
| Webster | And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: |
What does Genesis 42:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 42:17-24
17-24. put them ... into ward three days--Their confinement had been designed to bring them to salutary reflection. And this object was attained, for they looked upon the retributive justice of God as now pursuing them in that foreign land. The drift of their conversation is one of the most striking instances on record of the power of conscience [Ge 42:21, 22].
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 42:7-20
Joseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had made away with him, and he gave them occasion to speak of their father and brother. God, in his providence, sometimes seems harsh with those he loves, and speaks roughly to those for whom yet he has great mercy in store. Joseph settled at last, that one of them…
Genesis 42:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 42:18
- Leviticus 25:43
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
- 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.
- 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.
- Luke 18:2
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
- Luke 18:4
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
- 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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Context
- Genesis 42:17
And he put them all together into ward three days.
- Genesis 42:18
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
- Genesis 42:19
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:
Genesis 42:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y al tercer día díjoles José: Haced esto, y vivid: Yo temo á Dios: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et, le troisième jour, Joseph leur dit: Faites ceci, et vous vivrez; moi je crains Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und am dritten Tage sprach Joseph zu ihnen: Tut dieses, und ihr sollt leben; ich fürchte Gott: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Die autem tertio eductis de carcere, ait: Facite quæ dixi, et vivetis: Deum enim timeo. |