Genesis 42:10 meaning and explanation
“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
Genesis 42:10, Berean Standard Bible
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The brothers are answering the Egyptian official who has just accused them of spying, and they do not know the harsh ruler is Joseph, the brother they sold into slavery. Speaking through an interpreter, they give a plain denial: they are not scouts testing the land's defenses but servants who came to buy grain during the famine.
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