Genesis 42:10

And they said, No, my lord, ( ribboni,) thy servants are come to buy corn.

Targum Onkelos

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 the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, You are spies; to see the ruin of the land are you come.

11We are all the sons of one man. Right are we; thy servants are not spies.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:37And Izhak answered, and said to Esau, Behold, I have set him a chief over thee, and all his brethren I have given to him for servants, and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and for thee now what can I do, my son?

Genesis 44:9With whomsoever of thy servants it is found, let him die; and we also will be servants to my lord.

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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