Genesis 42:30

30 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us, and charged us with spying on the land.

Genesis 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.

Genesis 42:30 In-Context

28 He said to his brothers, "My money has been put back; here it is in my sack!" At this they lost heart and turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,

30 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us, and charged us with spying on the land.

31 But we said to him, "We are honest men, we are not spies.

32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.'