Genesis 42:10

10 And they sayde vnto him: nay my lorde: but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are 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 Ioseph knewe his brethern but they knewe not him.

9 And Ioseph remembred his dreames which he dreamed of them and sayde vnto them: ye are spies and to se where the lande is weake is youre comynge.

10 And they sayde vnto him: nay my lorde: but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come.

11 We are all one mans sonnes and meane truely and thy seruauntes are no spies.

12 And he sayde vnto them: nay verely but euen to se where the land is weake is youre comynge.