Genesis 42:30
28 “My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
31 But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
32 We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
- KJV
- The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
- WEB
- “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
- ASV
- The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
- DARBY
- The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.
- BLB
- “The man, the lord of the land, spoke to us harshly and treated us as spies of the land.
- ÅB
- Mannen som råder der i landet, talte hårdt til oss og tok oss for folk som ville speide ut landet.
- OTB
- "Mannen som er herre over landet talte hardt til oss og behandlet oss som om vi var spioner i landet.
- B1930
- Mannen som råder der i landet, talte hårdt til oss og tok oss for folk som vilde speide ut landet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 42:7
And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
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