Genesis 42:10

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

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  • Gen 37:8 : 8 And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?' and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words.
  • Gen 44:9 : 9 with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.'
  • 1 Sam 26:17 : 17 And Saul discerneth the voice of David, and saith, `Is this thy voice, my son David?' and David saith, `My voice, my lord, O king!'
  • 1 Kgs 18:7 : 7 and Obadiah `is' in the way, and lo, Elijah -- to meet him; and he discerneth him, and falleth on his face, and saith, `Art thou he -- my lord Elijah?'
  • Gen 27:29 : 29 peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee `are' cursed, and those who bless thee `are' blessed.'
  • Gen 27:37 : 37 And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, `Lo, a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and `with' corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?'

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  • Gen 42:11-16
    6 verses
    85%

    11we `are' all of us sons of one man, we `are' right men; thy servants have not been spies;'

    12and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

    13and they say, `Thy servants `are' twelve brethren; we `are' sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one `is' with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

    14And Joseph saith unto them, `This `is' that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye `are' spies,

    15by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;

    16send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not -- Pharaoh liveth! surely ye `are' spies;'

  • Gen 43:18-20
    3 verses
    83%

    18and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, `For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in -- to roll himself upon us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants -- our asses also.'

    19And they come nigh unto the man who `is' over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,

    20and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;

  • Gen 42:5-9
    5 verses
    80%

    5And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

    6and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.

    7And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

    8And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,

    9and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye `are' spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

  • Gen 42:29-34
    6 verses
    80%

    29And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

    30`The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

    31and we say unto him, We `are' right men, we have not been spies,

    32we `are' twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one `is' to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

    33`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye `are' right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and `for' the famine of your houses take ye and go,

    34and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye `are' not spies, but ye `are' right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'

  • Gen 44:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

    8lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?

  • Gen 42:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?'

    2he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

    3and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

  • Gen 50:18
    77%

    18And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we `are' to thee for servants.'

  • Gen 44:23-25
    3 verses
    76%

    23and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.

    24`And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;

    25and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,

  • Gen 43:2
    75%

    2and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

  • Gen 47:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, `We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle `is' unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;

    19why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.'

  • Gen 47:3-5
    3 verses
    75%

    3and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, `What `are' your works?' and they say unto Pharaoh, `Thy servants `are' feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers;'

    4and they say unto Pharaoh, `To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous `is' the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.'

    5And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:

  • Gen 42:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19if ye `are' right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn `for' the famine of your houses,

    20and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

  • Gen 46:32
    74%

    32and the men `are' feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.'

  • Gen 45:4
    74%

    4And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I `am' Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

  • Gen 43:22
    74%

    22and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.'

  • Gen 43:4
    73%

    4if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

  • Gen 43:7
    73%

    7and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

  • Gen 44:19
    73%

    19My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?

  • Gen 47:25
    72%

    25And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'

  • Gen 44:16
    72%

    16And Judah saith, `What do we say to my lord? what do we speak? and what -- do we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; lo, we `are' servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found;'