Parallel Verses King James Version 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. Darby Bible Translation And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food. World English Bible Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food." Young's Literal Translation And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, 'From whence have ye come?' and they say, 'From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.' Genesis 42:7 Parallel Commentary King James Translators' Notesroughly...: Heb. hard things with them And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but {c} 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. (c) This concealing is not to be followed, nor any actions of the father's not approved by God's word.Genesis 42:7 Parallel Commentaries Library The Upbringing of Jewish ChildrenThe tenderness of the bond which united Jewish parents to their children appears even in the multiplicity and pictorialness of the expressions by which the various stages of child-life are designated in the Hebrew. Besides such general words as "ben" and "bath"--"son" and "daughter"--we find no fewer than nine different terms, each depicting a fresh stage of life. The first of these simply designates the babe as the newly--"born"--the "jeled," or, in the feminine, "jaldah"--as in Exodus 2:3, 6, 8. … Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Spiritual Hunger Shall be Satisfied Letter Xliv Concerning the Maccabees but to whom Written is Unknown. Cross References 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 43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 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 Genesis 42:7 Commentaries Bible Hub |