Genesis 42:10
And they say to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
In Context
11we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; your servants have not been spies”;
Cross References
Genesis 27:37And Isaac answers and says to Esau, “Behold, a mighty one have I set him over you, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants, and [with] grain and wine have I sustained him; and for you now, what will I do, my son?”
Genesis 44:9With whomsoever of your servants it is found, he has died, and we also are to my lord for servants.”
1 Kings 18:7and Obadiah [is] in the way, and behold, Elijah [is there] to meet him; and he discerns him, and falls on his face and says, “Are you he—my lord Elijah?”
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 →