Genesis 42:30
“The man who is the country's governor spoke to us in a severe way, and accused us of spying on the land,” they explained.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
In Context
29When they arrived home in Canaan, they told their father Jacob everything that had happened.
31“We told him, ‘We are honest men. We're not spies!
Cross References
Genesis 42:9Joseph thought back to the dreams he'd had about them, and told them, “No! You're spies! You've come to discover our country's weaknesses!”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:30-38
The Report Made to Jacob. ( b. c. 1706.) 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that… Read the whole commentary →