Verse 18
Genesis 42:18
World English Bible
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Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God (Elohim).
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֤ם יוֹסֵף֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֔י זֹ֥את עֲשׂ֖וּ וִֽ/חְי֑וּ אֶת הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲנִ֥י יָרֵֽא
English Translation
And Joseph said to them, "On the third day do this and you will live, for I fear God."
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Chapter 42 Context
1
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one ano...
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He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from ther...
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Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
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But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm...
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The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s br...
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7
Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughl...
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8
Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
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9
Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have...
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10
They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
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We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
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12
He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
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13
They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and b...
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14
Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
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15
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your you...
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Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested...
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17
He put them all together into custody for three days.
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Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God (Elohim).
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If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grai...
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20
Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.”
They did so.
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They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distre...
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22
Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wou...
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They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
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24
He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Si...
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Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his s...
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They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
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27
As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behol...
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He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them,...
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29
They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them,...
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30
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
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We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our fathe...
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The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one o...
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34
Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest...
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35
As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their...
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36
Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon i...
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37
Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to m...
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38
He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm h...
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