Joseph’s Brothers Return to Canaan
Genesis 42:30
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
- KJV
- The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.roughly…: Heb. with us hard things
- WEB
- “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
- ASV
- The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
- LSV
- “The man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;
- YLT
- 'The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;
- DBY
- The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.
- DRC
- The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.
- GNV
- The man, who is Lord of the lande, spake roughly to vs, and put vs in prison as spyes of the countrey.
- JPS
- 'The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
- LXXE
- The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- דִּ֠בֶּר הָאִ֨ישׁ אֲדֹנֵ֥י הָאָ֛רֶץ אִתָּ֖נוּ קָשׁ֑וֹת וַיִּתֵּ֣ן אֹתָ֔נוּ כִּֽמְרַגְּלִ֖ים אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
- LXX-Br
- Λελάληκεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ κύριος τῆς γῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς σκληρὰ, καὶ ἔθετο ἡμᾶς ἐν φυλακῇ, ὡς κατασκοπεύοντας τὴν γῆν.
Who and where
◆ 7 years of famine◆ Joseph's brothers go to Egypt
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 42:7And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
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