Genesis 42:10

10 “No, my lord,” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.

Genesis 42:10 in Other Translations

10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

10 They said to him, "No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food.

10 “No, my lord!” they exclaimed. “Your servants have simply come to buy food.

10 "No, master," they said. "We've only come to buy food.

10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

10 "No, sir!" they answered him. "We've come to buy food.

10 "No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food," they said.

10 "No, sir," they answered. "We've come to buy food.

Genesis 42:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:10

And they said unto him, nay, my lord
One in the name of the rest, or each in his turn, denying that they were spies, and addressing him with the greatest reverence and submission, calling him their lord, and thus further accomplishing his dreams: but to buy food are thy servants come;
that and no other was the errand they came upon.

Genesis 42:10 In-Context

8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

9 Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”

10 “No, my lord,” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.

11 We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

12 “No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 37:8
• 2. S ver 3