Genesis 42:10

10 They said to him, "No, my lord, but to buy food have your servants come.

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 Thus Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.

9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, "You are spies, you have come to see the weakness of the land."

10 They said to him, "No, my lord, but to buy food have your servants come.

11 We are all sons of one man, we are honest men, your servants are not spies."

12 He said to them, "No, it is the weakness of the land that you have come to see."