Genesis 42:10

But they said: It is not so, my lord, but thy servants are come to buy food.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

In Context

9And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land.

11We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:37Isaac answered: I have appointed him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants: I have established him with corn and wine, and after this, what shall I do more for thee, my son?

Genesis 44:9With whomsoever of thy servants shall be found that which thou seekest, let him die, and we will be the bondmen of my lord.

1 Kings 18:7And as Abdias was in the way, Elias met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said: Art thou my lord Elias?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21

Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →

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