Genesis 42:10

But they said, Nay, Sir, we thy servants are come to buy food;

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw; and he said to them, Ye are spies; to observe the marks of the land are ye come.

11we are all sons of one man; we are peaceable, thy servants are not spies.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:37And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have strengthened him with corn and wine, what then shall I do for thee, son?

Genesis 44:9With whomsoever of thy servants thou shalt find the cup, let him die; and, moreover, we will be servants to our lord.

1 Kings 18:7And Obadiah was alone in the way; and Elijah came alone to meet him: and Obadiah hastened, and fell upon his face, and said, My lord Elijah, art thou indeed he?

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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