Genesis 42:10
They said to him, “No, my master. Your servants have come to buy food.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 one man's sons. We are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
Cross References
Genesis 27:37Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Look, I have made him your master, and I have given to him all his brothers as servants, and I have given him grain and new wine. What more can I do for you, my son?”
Genesis 44:9With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my master's slaves.”
1 Kings 18:7As Obadiah was on the road, Elijah unexpectedly met him. Obadiah recognized him and lay facedown on the ground. He said, “Is it you, my master 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 →