Verse 2

And he saith to him, `Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or small and doth not uncover mine ear; and wherefore doth my father hide from me this thing? this `thing' is not.'

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 44:7 : 7 and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;
  • Josh 22:29 : 29 `Far be it from us to rebel against Jehovah, and to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for present, and for sacrifice, apart from the altar of Jehovah our God, which `is' before His tabernacle.'
  • Josh 24:16 : 16 And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
  • 1 Sam 9:15 : 15 and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying,
  • 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? -- a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;' and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.
  • 1 Sam 20:12 : 12 And Jonathan saith unto David, `Jehovah, God of Israel -- when I search my father, about `this' time to-morrow `or' the third `day', and lo, good `is' towards David, and I do not then send unto thee, and have uncovered thine ear --
  • Ps 40:6 : 6 Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.
  • Isa 50:5 : 5 The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.
  • Luke 20:16 : 16 He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!'
  • John 15:15 : 15 no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.
  • John 17:8 : 8 because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.