Genesis 42:10
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו לֹא אֲדֹנִי וַעֲבָדֶיךָ בָּאוּ לִשְׁבָּר ־ אֹֽכֶל ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
In Context
11כֻּלָּנוּ בְּנֵי אִישׁ ־ אֶחָד נָחְנוּ כֵּנִים אֲנַחְנוּ לֹא ־ הָיוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ מְרַגְּלִֽים ׃
Cross References
Genesis 27:37וַיַּעַן יִצְחָק וַיֹּאמֶר לְעֵשָׂו הֵן גְּבִיר שַׂמְתִּיו לָךְ וְאֶת ־ כָּל ־ אֶחָיו נָתַתִּי לוֹ לַעֲבָדִים וְדָגָן וְתִירֹשׁ סְמַכְתִּיו וּלְ/כָה אֵפוֹא מָה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה בְּנִֽי ׃
Genesis 44:9אֲשֶׁר יִמָּצֵא אִתּוֹ מֵעֲבָדֶיךָ וָמֵת וְגַם ־ אֲנַחְנוּ נִֽהְיֶה לַֽאדֹנִי לַעֲבָדִֽים ׃
1 Kings 18:7וַיְהִי עֹבַדְיָהוּ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְהִנֵּה אֵלִיָּהוּ לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיַּכִּרֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל עַל ־ פָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הַאַתָּה זֶה אֲדֹנִי אֵלִיָּֽהוּ ׃
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 →