◄ Genesis 42:30 ►
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Good News Translation
"The governor of Egypt spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying against his country.

New Revised Standard Version
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us, and charged us with spying on the land.

Contemporary English Version
The governor of Egypt was rude and treated us like spies.

New American Bible
“The man who is lord of the land,” they said, “spoke to us harshly and put us in custody on the grounds that we were spying on the land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.

roughly to us.

Genesis 42:7-20 And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life. . . .

Context
Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan
…29And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying: 30The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.31And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:7
And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.

Genesis 42:29
And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:

Genesis 42:29
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