Genesis 42:30

World English Bible (2000)

"The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

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  • Gen 42:7 : 7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

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  • Gen 42:31-34
    4 verses
    84%

    31We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no 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.'

    33The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

    34Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'"

  • Gen 42:28-29
    2 verses
    80%

    28He said to his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!" Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

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

  • Gen 42:9-14
    6 verses
    79%

    9Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

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

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

    12He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!"

    13They said, "We, 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."

    14Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

  • Gen 43:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"

    7They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

  • Gen 44:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

    8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?

  • Gen 42:7
    73%

    7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

  • Gen 44:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

    25Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'

    26We said, 'We can't 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%

    24The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you."

  • Gen 31:14-15
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    72%

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

    15Aren't we accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our money.

  • Gen 43:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.

    18The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys."

  • Gen 43:20
    71%

    20and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

  • Gen 29:4
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    4Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?" They said, "We are from Haran."

  • Gen 42:21
    70%

    21They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."

  • Gen 47:18
    70%

    18When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.

  • Num 20:15
    70%

    15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:

  • Gen 43:22
    70%

    22We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don't know who put our money in our sacks."

  • Gen 46:32
    70%

    32These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.'

  • Gen 43:3
    69%

    3Judah 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%

    25They took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, "It is a good land which Yahweh our God gives to us."

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    69%

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