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Genesis 42:18

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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 the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Joseph^H3130 said^H559 unto them the third^H7992 day^H3117, This do^H6213, and live^H2421; for I fear^H3373 God^H430:

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם יֹוסֵף בַּיֹּום הַשְּׁלִישִׁי זֹאת עֲשׂוּ וִחְיוּ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים אֲנִי יָרֵא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֲלֵ/הֶ֤ם	'a.le./Hem	H413	HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
יוֹסֵף֙	yo.Sef	H3130	HNp	Joseph
בַּ/יּ֣וֹם	ba/i.Yom	H3117	HRd/Ncmsa	on the/ day
הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁ֔י	ha./she.li.Shi	H7992	HTd/Aomsa	(the)/ third
זֹ֥את	zot	H2063	HPdxfs	this
עֲשׂ֖וּ	'a.Su	H6213	HVqv2mp	do
וִֽ/חְי֑וּ	vi/ch.Yu	H2421	HC/Vqv2mp	and/ live
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים	ha./'E.lo.Him	H430	HTd/Ncmpa	(the)/ God
אֲנִ֥י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
יָרֵֽא	ya.Re'	H3372	HVqrmsa	(am) fearing

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H2421 — חָיָה (châyâh, khaw-yaw'): a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3130 — יוֹסֵף (Yôwçêph, yo-safe'): future of יָסַף; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites; Joseph. Compare יְהוֹסֵף.
• H3373 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): from יָרֵא; fearing; morally, reverent; afraid, fear (-ful).
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H7992 — שְׁלִישִׁי (shᵉlîyshîy, shel-ee-shee'): ordinal from שָׁלוֹשׁ; third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell); third (part, rank, time), three (years old).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H2063 — זֹאת (zôʼth, zothe'): irregular feminine of זֶה; this (often used adverb); hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.
• H3372 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• I fear God — Genesis 20:11, Leviticus 25:43, Nehemiah 5:9, Nehemiah 5:15, Luke 18:2, Luke 18:4

Reciprocal references (16): Genesis 22:12, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:17, Exodus 1:17, Exodus 18:21, Leviticus 19:14, Leviticus 25:17, 1 Kings 18:3, 2 Chronicles 19:7, Nehemiah 7:2, Psalms 19:9, Psalms 119:161, Proverbs 14:16, Malachi 3:5, Colossians 3:22, 1 Peter 2:17

Related Topics

• Nave’s: COMMERCE, DISSEMBLING, PRISON, REVERENCE

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