American Standard Version
"And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: "
— Genesis 42:18, American Standard Version
“And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:”
“Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.”
“On the third day Joseph said to them,“Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.”
“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.”
“And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:”
“And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:”
hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
And he put them all together into ward three days.
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:
and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.