Genesis 42:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

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  • Gen 42:7 : 7 And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

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  • Gen 42:31-34
    4 verses
    84%

    31And we said to him, We are honest men; we are not spies:

    32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are honest men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

    34And bring your youngest brother to me: then shall I know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men: so will I deliver you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.

  • Gen 42:28-29
    2 verses
    80%

    28And he said to his brothers, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their hearts failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us?

    29And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them; saying,

  • Gen 42:9-14
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    79%

    9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you have come.

    10And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food your servants have come.

    11We are all one man's sons; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.

    12And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land you have come.

    13And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.

    14And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to you, saying, You are spies:

  • Gen 43:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6And Israel said, Why did you deal so wrongfully with me, as to tell the man whether you had yet a brother?

    7And they said, The man asked us specifically about our state and kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? And we answered him according to these words: could we know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

  • Gen 44:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this:

    8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan: how then should we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?

  • Gen 42:7
    73%

    7And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

  • Gen 44:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24And it came to pass when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

    26And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.

  • Judg 1:24
    72%

    24And the spies saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy.

  • Gen 31:14-15
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    72%

    14And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

    15Are we not regarded by him as strangers? For he has sold us, and has also utterly consumed our money.

  • Gen 43:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17And the man did as Joseph ordered; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

    18And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time we are brought in; that he may seek an occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.

  • Gen 43:20
    71%

    20And said, O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food:

  • Gen 29:4
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    4And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran.

  • Gen 42:21
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    21And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he begged us, and we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.

  • Gen 47:18
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    18When that year ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide it from my lord, that our money is spent; my lord also has our herds of cattle; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands:

  • Num 20:15
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    15how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

  • Gen 43:22
    70%

    22And other money we have brought down in our hands to buy food: we do not know who put our money in our sacks.

  • Gen 46:32
    70%

    32And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been to feed livestock; and they have brought their flocks, herds, and all that they have.

  • Gen 43:3
    69%

    3And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

  • Deut 1:25
    69%

    25And they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us back word, saying, It is a good land which the LORD our God is giving us.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    69%

    16They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.