Genesis 42:7

¶ And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And Joseph {H3130} saw {H7200} his brethren {H251}, and he knew {H5234} them, but made himself strange {H5234} unto them, and spake {H1696} roughly {H7186} unto them; and he said {H559} unto them, Whence {H370} come {H935} ye? And they said {H559}, From the land {H776} of Canaan {H3667} to buy {H7666} food {H400}.

Yosef saw his brothers and recognized them; but he acted toward them as if he were a stranger and spoke harshly with them. He asked them, "Where are you from?" They answered, "From the land of Kena'an to buy food."

And 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.”

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

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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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  • Matthew 15:26

    But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to dogs.

  • Genesis 42:14

    And Joseph said unto them, That [is it] that I spake unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies:

  • Genesis 42:17

    And he put them all together into ward three days.

  • Genesis 42:9

    And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

  • Genesis 42:12

    And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
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