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Genesis 42:18

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After three days, Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man! Do this, and I will let you live.

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Then Abraham said, “{I was afraid.} I thought no one in this place respected God. I thought someone would kill me to get Sarah.

My master has made me almost equal to him in his house. I must not sleep with his wife! That is wrong! It is a sin against God.”

If you are really honest men, then one of your brothers can stay here in prison. And the others can go and carry grain back to your people.

But the governors that ruled before me made life hard for the people. Those governors forced every person to pay 1 pound {\cf2\super [17]} of silver. They also made those people give them food and wine. The leaders under those governors also ruled over the people \{and made life even harder\}. But I respected and feared God, so I didn’t do things like that.

So I continued speaking. I said, “What you people are doing is not right! You know that you should fear and respect God. You should not do the shameful things other people do!

There was a man named Job that lived in the country of Uz. Job was a good and faithful man. Job worshiped God and refused to do evil things.

But the nurses trusted [3] God. So they did not obey the king’s command. They let all the boy babies live.

But you should also choose some of the people to be judges and leaders.

You must not cheat each other. You must honor your God! I am the Lord your God!

You must not be a cruel master to this person. You must respect your God.

“Once there was a judge in a town. He did not care about God. The judge also did not care what people thought about him.

But the judge did not want to help the woman. After a long time, the judge thought to himself, ‘I don’t care about God. And I don’t care about what people think.




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