Genesis 42:30
28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
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.
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 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.
Read in context