Then Abraham said, “{I was afraid.} I thought no one in this place respected God. I thought someone would kill me to get Sarah.
Genesis 42:18 - Easy To Read Version After three days, Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man! Do this, and I will let you 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. |
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.