¹⁸ On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:^(A)

Psalm 36^[a]

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord.

¹² When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

⁷ When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,^(A)” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”