Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But they said to Joshua: We are thy servants. Joshua said to them: Who are you? and whence came you? Joshua 8:11,23,25,27 And when they were come, and were gone up over against the city, they stood on the north side of the city, between which and them there was a valley in the midst. . . . Genesis 9:25,26 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. . . . Deuteronomy 20:11 If they receive it, and open the gates to thee, all the people that are therein, shall be saved, and shall serve thee paying tribute. 1 Kings 9:20,21 All the people that were left of the Amorrhites, and Hethites, and Pherezites, and Hevites, and Jebusites, that are not of the children of Israel: . . . 2 Kings 10:5 Therefore they that were over the king's house, and the rulers of the city, and the ancients, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying: We are thy servants: whatsoever thou shalt command us we will do; we will not make us any king: do thou all that pleaseth thee. Context The Deceit of the Gibeonites…7Perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot; if so, we can make no league with you. 8But they said to Joshua: We are thy servants. Joshua said to them: Who are you? and whence came you?9They answered: From a very far country thy servants are come in the name of the Lord thy God. For we have heard the fame of his power, all the things that he did in Egypt.… Cross References Deuteronomy 20:11 If they receive it, and open the gates to thee, all the people that are therein, shall be saved, and shall serve thee paying tribute. Joshua 9:11 And our ancients, and all the inhabitants of our country, said to us: Take with you victuals for a long way, and go meet them, and say: We are your servants, make ye a league with us. 2 Kings 10:5 Therefore they that were over the king's house, and the rulers of the city, and the ancients, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying: We are thy servants: whatsoever thou shalt command us we will do; we will not make us any king: do thou all that pleaseth thee. Lexicon “Weאֲנָ֑חְנוּ (’ă·nā·ḥə·nū) Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 587: We are your servants,” עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant they said וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Joshua. יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites Then Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites asked them, וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Who מִ֥י (mî) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix are you אַתֶּ֖ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you and from where וּמֵאַ֥יִן (ū·mê·’a·yin) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 370: Whence? have you come?” תָּבֹֽאוּ׃ (tā·ḇō·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go Additional Translations “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from from where come you? And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? And they said to Joshua, We are thy servants: and Joshua said to them, Whence are ye, and whence have ye come? And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? And they said to Joshua, we are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and whence come ye? They said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Joshua said to them, "Who are you? Where do you come from?" and they say unto Joshua, 'Thy servants we are.' And Joshua saith unto them, 'Who are ye? and whence come ye?' 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