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Genesis 42

Genesis 42:30

Joseph’s Brothers Return to Canaan · Genesis 42:25–38
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Translations

Modern
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
Traditional
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
Literal
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke to us harshly and treated us as spies of the land.
Latin
Locutus est nobis dominus terræ dure, et putavit nos exploratores esse provinciæ.

Original

Hebrew
English
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

Notes

Genesis 42:29–34

The brothers’ report focused on the charge that they were spies and on the need to bring Benjamin back to Egypt with them. They did not mention that they were beginning to see God’s judgment (his just response to wrongdoing) for what they had done to Joseph.

Genesis 42:1–44:34

Joseph did several unusual things to his brothers when they came looking for grain. The last time Joseph had been with them, they were filled with jealousy, hatred, and anger; they attempted to destroy their brother, and they deceived their father. Joseph put them through various tests, similar to the trying situations they had put him through, to see if they had changed.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Joseph Symbolic Numbers

Events

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the Sackcloth Wheat

Topics

Commerce: Carried on by Egyptians Commerce: Egyptians Money: Silver Used As