Bereshis 42:30

30 The ish, who is adonei HaAretz, spoke roughly to us, and took us for meragelim HaAretz.

Bereshis 42:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:30

The man, [who is] the lord of the land
Of Egypt; not the king, but the deputy governor of it, whose authority under Pharaoh was very great, and reached to the whole land, and all political affairs, and especially what related to the corn, and the sale of it; he, say they, spake roughly to us;
gave them hard words, and stern looks, and used them in a very rough manner, see ( Genesis 42:7 ) ; and took us for spies of the country;
laid such a charge against them, and treated them as such; or "gave" them ^F4, committed them to prison as such.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Ntyw) "et dedit", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt; "[sive] tradidit", Fagius, Vatablus.

Bereshis 42:30 In-Context

28 And he said unto his achim, My kesef is restored; and, hinei, it is even in my sack; and their lev failed them, and they shook with fear, saying one to another, What is this that Elohim hath done unto us?

29 And they came unto Ya’akov Avihem in Eretz Kena’an, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

30 The ish, who is adonei HaAretz, spoke roughly to us, and took us for meragelim HaAretz.

31 And we said unto him, We are truthful ones; we are no meragelim;

32 We are Shneym Asar Achim, Bnei Avinu; one is not, and the katon is today with Avinu in Eretz Kena’an.