Verse 7
Genesis 42:7
Darby Translation
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And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֥רְא יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת אֶחָ֖י/ו וַ/יַּכִּרֵ֑/ם וַ/יִּתְנַכֵּ֨ר אֲלֵי/הֶ֜ם וַ/יְדַבֵּ֧ר אִתָּ֣/ם קָשׁ֗וֹת וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ מֵ/אַ֣יִן בָּאתֶ֔ם וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנַ֖עַן לִ/שְׁבָּר אֹֽכֶל
English Translation
And Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke harshly to them. He said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
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Chapter 42 Context
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And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon ano...
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And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy [grain] for...
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And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.
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But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may bef...
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So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of C...
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And Joseph, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of th...
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And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly t...
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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
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And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to s...
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And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.
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We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.
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And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
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And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold...
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And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
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By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your you...
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Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be...
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And he put them in custody three days.
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And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God (Elohim).
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If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carr...
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and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die...
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Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we...
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And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye...
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And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
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And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon...
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And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sa...
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And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.
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And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it w...
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And he said to his brethren, My money is returned [to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And th...
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And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen the...
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The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.
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And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
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we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father...
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And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of...
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and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your...
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And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in h...
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And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is n...
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And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him i...
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But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and i...
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