Genesis 42:30

Modern English Version

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and took us for spies of the country.

Cross References

Genesis 42:16

Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested, whether there be any truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, you are surely spies.”

Genesis 42:29

They came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

Genesis 42:7

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke harshly to them. He said to them, “From where do you come?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

Genesis 42:9

Joseph also remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. He said to them, “You are spies! You came to see the nakedness of the land!”