“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
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'The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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- Genesis 42:7 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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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 42:30 The man, [who is] the lord of…
Gen 42:30 The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
Ver. 30. See Gen 42:9; Gen 42:11; Gen 42:13; Gen 42:19, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And, bring your youngest brother unto me,.... Their brother…
And, bring your youngest brother unto me,.... Their brother Benjamin:
then shall I know that you are no spies, but that you are true men; he knew they were no spies now, but true, honest, upright men, with respect to any designs upon the country; but then he should own and acknowledge them to be such, having such plain proof that what they said was true:
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so will I deliver your brother; their brother Simeon, who was left bound; though this circumstance they also here studiously conceal from their father:
and ye shall traffic in the land; not only for corn, but for any other commodity Egypt furnished its neighbours with.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30. took us for spies] Lit. “put us as…
30. took us for spies] Lit. “put us as spies.” Probably the words “in ward” should be supplied, as LXX ἔθετο ἡμᾶς ἐν φυλακῇ; the Lat. putavit nos renders as the English versions.
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