Genesis 42:30
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
Genesis 42:30 in other translations
| BSB | “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country. |
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| WEB | “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. |
| ASV | The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. |
| YLT | ‘The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land; |
| DARBY | The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land. |
| BBE | The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose. |
| Webster | The man who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. |
What does Genesis 42:30 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 42:29-38
Here is the report Jacob's sons made to their father. It troubled the good man. Even the bundles of money Joseph returned, in kindness, to his father, frightened him. He laid the fault upon his sons; knowing them, he feared they had provoked the Egyptians, and wrongfully brought home their money. Jacob plainly distrusted his sons, remembering that he never saw Joseph since he had been with them. It is bad with a…
Genesis 42:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 42:30
- Genesis 42:7
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
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Context
- Genesis 42:29
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
- Genesis 42:30
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
- Genesis 42:31
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
Genesis 42:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Aquel varón, señor de la tierra, nos habló ásperamente, y nos trató como á espías de la tierra: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’homme, le seigneur du pays, nous a parlé durement, et nous a traités comme des espions du pays; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Mann, der Herr des Landes, redete hart mit uns und behandelte uns wie Kundschafter des Landes. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Locutus est nobis dominus terræ dure, et putavit nos exploratores esse provinciæ. |