¹² And He said, ^(A)“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for ^(B)now I know that you fear God, since you have not ^(C)withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

⁹ There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. ^(A)How then can I do this great wickedness, and ^(B)sin against God?”

¹⁷ But the midwives ^(A)feared God, and did not do ^(B)as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.

^43 (A)You shall not rule over him ^(B)with ^[a]rigor, but you ^(C)shall fear your God.

¹⁵ But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but ^(A)I did not do so, because of the ^(B)fear of God.