Genesis 42:10

10 But they said: It is not so, my lord; but thy servants are come to buy food.

Genesis 42:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:10

And they said unto him, nay, my lord
One in the name of the rest, or each in his turn, denying that they were spies, and addressing him with the greatest reverence and submission, calling him their lord, and thus further accomplishing his dreams: but to buy food are thy servants come;
that and no other was the errand they came upon.

Genesis 42:10 In-Context

8 And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them.

9 And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land.

10 But they said: It is not so, my lord; but thy servants are come to buy food.

11 We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

12 And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.