Genesis 42:30
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.
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- Gen 42:7 : 7 When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”
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- Gen 42:31-344 verses84%
31But we said to him,‘We are honest men; we are not spies!
32We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
- Gen 42:28-292 verses80%
28He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”
29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
- Gen 42:9-146 verses79%
9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them,“You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”
10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
11We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”
12“No,” he insisted,“but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
14But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!
- Gen 43:6-72 verses75%
6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
- Gen 44:7-82 verses74%
7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
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7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”
- Gen 44:24-263 verses73%
24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
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24the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him,“If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”
- Gen 31:14-152 verses72%
14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?
15Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!
- Gen 43:17-182 verses72%
17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.
18But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said,“We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”
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20They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
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4Jacob asked them,“My brothers, where are you from?” They replied,“We’re from Haran.”
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21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
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18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.
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15how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.
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22We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”
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32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
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3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
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25Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying,“The land that the LORD our God is about to give us is good.”
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16Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.