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Genesis 42:10

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10 “No, my lord,” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.
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Genesis 42:10 in Other Translations

KJV
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
ESV
10 They said to him, "No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food.
NLT
10 “No, my lord!” they exclaimed. “Your servants have simply come to buy food.
MSG
10 "No, master," they said. "We've only come to buy food.
CSB
10 "No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food," they said.

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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.”

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