Abraham replied, ‘I thought, “There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.”
Genesis 42:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised On the third day Joseph said to them, ‘I fear God #– #do this and you will live. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joseph said to them on the third day, Do this and live! I reverence and fear God. American Standard Version (1901) And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: Common English Bible On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I’m a God-fearing man. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, on the third day, he brought them out of prison, and he said: "Do as I have said, and you will live. For I fear God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live; for I fear God. |
Abraham replied, ‘I thought, “There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.”
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil, and how could I sin against God? ’
If you are honest, let one of you be confined to the guardhouse, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as half a kilogram of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.
Then I said, ‘What you are doing isn’t right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God and not invite the reproach of our foreign enemies?
There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.
‘There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect people.
‘For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, “Even though I don’t fear God or respect people,