Genesis 42:10

But they said to him, “No my lord; your servants have come to buy food.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Joseph also remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them and said to them, “You spies! You have come to find out the weaknesses of the land.”

11We are all sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants are not spies.”

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Cross References

Genesis 27:37Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him your master and I have given to him all his relatives as slaves and grain and wine as his food. What then can I do for you, my son?”

Genesis 44:9If one of us is found with the goblet then let him die, and we will be my lord’s slaves.”

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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