And he said, Lay not your hand upon the lad, neither do you anything unto him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.
But the former governors that had been before me laid burdens upon the people, and had taken of them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
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For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful.
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The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.
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He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive.
And the men of the place asked him about his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.