Genesis 42:30

New International Reader's Version

“The man who is the governor of the land spoke to us in a mean way. He treated us as if we were spying on the land.

Cross References

Genesis 42:16

Send one of you back to get your brother. The rest of you will be kept in prison. I’ll test your words. Then we’ll find out whether you are telling the truth. You can be sure that Pharaoh lives. And you can be just as sure that if you aren’t telling the truth, we’ll know that you are spies!”

Genesis 42:29

They came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. They told him everything that had happened to them. They said,

Genesis 42:7

As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended to be a stranger. He spoke to them in a mean way. “Where do you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We’ve come to buy food.”

Genesis 42:9

Then Joseph remembered his dreams about them. So he said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the places where our land isn’t guarded very well.”