Joshua 2:13 that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them--and that you will save us from death."

◄ Joshua 2:13 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them--and that you will save us from death."

English Standard Version
that you will save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.”

New American Standard Bible
and spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death."

King James Bible
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and save us from death."

International Standard Version
Spare my father, my mother, and my brothers and sisters, along with everyone who belongs with them so we won't be killed."

American Standard Version
and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That you will save my father and mother, my brethren end sisters, and all things that are theirs, and deliver our souls from death.

Darby Bible Translation
that ye will let my father live, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that belong to them, and deliver our souls from death.

Young's Literal Translation
and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.'

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

2:8-21 Rahab had heard of the miracles the Lord wrought for Israel. She believed that his promises would certainly be fulfilled, and his threatenings take effect; and that there was no way of escape but by submitting to him, and joining with his people. The conduct of Rahab proved that she had the real principle of Divine faith. Observe the promises the spies made to her. The goodness of God is often expressed by his kindness and truth, Ps 117:2; in both these we must be followers of him. Those who will be conscientious in keeping promises, are cautious in making them. The spies make needful conditions. The scarlet cord, like the blood upon the doorpost at the passover, recalls to remembrance the sinner's security under the atoning blood of Christ; and that we are to flee thereto for refuge from the wrath of a justly offended God. The same cord Rahab used for the saving of these Israelites, was to be used for her own safety. What we serve and honour God with, we may expect he will bless, and make useful to us.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Jos 2:8-21. The Covenant between Her and Them.

8-13. she came up unto them upon the roof and said—Rahab's dialogue is full of interest, as showing the universal panic and consternation of the Canaanites on the one hand (Jos 24:11; De 2:25), and her strong convictions on the other, founded on a knowledge of the divine promise, and the stupendous miracles that had opened the way of the Israelites to the confines of the promised land. She was convinced of the supremacy of Jehovah, and her earnest stipulations for the preservation of her relatives amid the perils of the approaching invasion, attest the sincerity and strength of her faith.