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Genesis 42:18

World English Bible

Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

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Genesis 42:18 in other translations

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

Genesis 42:18 · American Standard Version

Genesis 42:18 in context

  1. 16Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”
  2. 17He put them all together into custody for three days.
  3. 18Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
  4. 19If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
  5. 20Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.”
    They did so.