Genesis 42:18
“And Ioseph said vnto them the third day, This doe, and liue: for I feare God.”
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Genesis 42:18 Context
16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shalbe kept in prison, that your wordes may be proued, whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 17And he put them all together into warde, three dayes. 18And Ioseph said vnto them the third day, This doe, and liue: for I feare God. 19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: goe ye, carry corne for the famine of your houses. 20But bring your yongest brother vnto mee, so shall your wordes be verified, and yee shall not die: and they did so.
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And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; [for] I fear God:
- King James Version
Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, for I fear God:
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live: for I fear God:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:
- Basic English Bible
And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.
- Darby Bible
And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
- Webster's Bible
Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.
- World English Bible
And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Joseph said unto them the third day. 'This do, and live; for I fear God:
- Jewish Publication Society Bible