Genesis 42:10

But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come.

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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

9And Ioseph remembred the dreames, which he dreamed of them) and he sayde vnto them, Ye are spies, and are come to see the weaknesse of the land.

11Wee are all one mans sonnes: wee meane truely, and thy seruants are no spies.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:37Then Izhak answered, and sayd vnto Esau, Beholde, I haue made him thy lorde, and all his brethre haue I made his seruants: also with wheate and wine haue I furnished him, and vnto thee now what shall I doe, my sonne?

Genesis 44:9With whomesoeuer of thy seruants it bee found, let him dye, and we also will be my lordes bondmen.

1 Kings 18:7And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Eliiah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art not thou my lord Eliiah?

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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