Genesis 42:30–31
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
The man who is the LORD of the land, spake †roughly to vs, and tooke vs for spies of the countrey.
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- †Hebrew wordingHebr. with vs hard things.
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
And we said vnto him, We are true men; we are no spies.
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- Genesis 42:7Rank 1 from verse 30
7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
7And Ioseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himselfe strange vnto them, and spake †roughly vnto them; and hee saide vnto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
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- Genesis 42:11Rank 1 from verse 31
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Genesis 42:30
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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A master, owner, ruler, husband, or other man in authority.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.
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Harshly; uncivilly; rudely.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Persons secretly sent to obtain information or carry out a concealed purpose.
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Genesis 42:31
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.
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Persons secretly sent to obtain information or carry out a concealed purpose.
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29¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
29¶ And they came vnto Iacob their father, vnto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell vnto them, saying;
30The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
30The man who is the LORD of the land, spake †roughly to vs, and tooke vs for spies of the countrey.
Selected passage31And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
31And we said vnto him, We are true men; we are no spies.
Selected passage32We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
32We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is not, and the yongest is this day with our father, in the land of Canaan.