They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
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They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
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And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
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And they said unto him: 'Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
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Passages linked to Genesis 42:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 37:8 His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.
- Genesis 27:29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”
- Genesis 27:37 Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”
- Genesis 44:9 With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”
- 1 Samuel 26:17 Saul knew David’s voice, and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”
- 1 Kings 18:7 As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my…
Gen 42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
Ver. 10. Nay, my lord.] The world is well changed since they said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer cometh." Then they could not find in their hearts to call him brother; now they call him "lord." God, when he pleaseth, can change the note of our worst enemies to us. There is a promise, that "they shall bow down to thee with their faces toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet." {Isa 49:23}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto them, nay,.... This argument will…
And he said unto them, nay,.... This argument will not do, I am not to be put off with such words as these; if you can produce no better proof of your being honest men than this, or give no better account of yourselves, I must abide by it, that:
to see the nakedness of the land ye are come; this he urged in order to get a further account from them of their family and the state of it, which he was anxious to know.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ver. 10-12. And they said unto him. Nay, my…
Ver. 10-12. And they said unto him. Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. "They were not filled with resentment at the imputation" cast upon them by Joseph; "or, ff they were angry, their pride was swallowed up by fear" (Lawson). We are all one man"s sons; we are true men, i.e. upright, honest, viri bonae fidei (Rosenm rather than eijrhnikoi (LXX), pacifici (Vulgate)thy servants are no spies. It was altogether improbable that one man should send ten sons at the same time and to the same place on the perilous business of a spy, hence the simple mention of the fact that they were ten brethren was sufficient to establish their sincerity. Yet Joseph affected still to doubt them. And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come assuming a harsh and almost violent demeanor hot out of heartlesscruelty (Kalisch), but in order to hide the growing weakness of his heart (Candlish).
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