Genesis 42:30
The lord of the land spake hard to us, and guessed that we were spyers of the province; (The lord of the land spoke harshly to us, and said that we went there to spy out his land;)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
In Context
31to whom we answered, We be peaceable (or We be honest men), neither we purpose any treasons;
Cross References
Genesis 42:9and he bethought on the dreams which he saw sometime. And he said to them, Ye be spyers, ye came to see the feebler things of the land, (or And he said to them, Ye be spies, and ye came here to spy out our weaknesses).
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:30-38
The Report Made to Jacob. ( b. c. 1706.) 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that… Read the whole commentary →