Parallel Verses English Standard Version Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.” King James Bible 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. American Standard Version And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them. Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. Douay-Rheims Bible And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life. English Revised Version And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. Webster's Bible Translation And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. Genesis 42:7 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentWith the words "Why do ye look at one another!" viz., in such a helpless and undecided manner. Jacob exhorted his sons to fetch corn from Egypt, to preserve his family from starvation. Joseph's ten brothers went, as their aged father would not allow his youngest son Benjamin to go with them, for fear that some calamity might befall him (קרא equals קרה, Genesis 44:29 as in Genesis 42:38 and Genesis 49:1); and they came "in the midst of the comers," i.e., among others who came from the same necessity, and bowed down before Joseph with their faces to the earth. For he was "the ruler over the land," and had the supreme control of the sale of the corn, so that they were obliged to apply to him. השּׁלּיט seems to have been the standing title which the Shemites gave to Joseph as ruler in Egypt; and from this the later legend of Σάλατις the first king of the Hyksos arose (Josephus c. Ap. i. 14). The only other passages in which the word occurs in the Old Testament are in writings of the captivity or a still later date, and there it is taken from the Chaldee; it belongs, however, not merely to the Aramaean thesaurus, but to the Arabic also, from which it was introduced into the passage before us. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge roughly unto them. Heb. hard things with them. Cross References Genesis 42:30 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land. Genesis 43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement. Jump to Previous Acted Buy Canaan Clear Discerneth Disguised Food Harshly Joseph Maketh Pretended Recognized Roughly Soon Speaketh Strange Stranger Strangers Talking WhenceJump to Next Acted Buy Canaan Clear Discerneth Disguised Food Harshly Joseph Maketh Pretended Recognized Roughly Soon Speaketh Strange Stranger Strangers Talking WhenceLinks Genesis 42:7 NIVGenesis 42:7 NLT Genesis 42:7 ESV Genesis 42:7 NASB Genesis 42:7 KJV Genesis 42:7 Bible Apps Genesis 42:7 Biblia Paralela Genesis 42:7 Chinese Bible Genesis 42:7 French Bible Genesis 42:7 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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