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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Genesis 42"
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**Overview**
**** [Genesis 42:1](../../../kjv/genesis/42/1), Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt; [Genesis 42:16](../../../kjv/genesis/42/16), They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies; [Genesis 42:18](../../../kjv/genesis/42/18), They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin; [Genesis 42:21](../../../kjv/genesis/42/21), They have remorse for Joseph; [Genesis 42:24](../../../kjv/genesis/42/24), Simeon is kept for a pledge; [Genesis 42:25](../../../kjv/genesis/42/25), They return with corn, and their money; [Genesis 42:29](../../../kjv/genesis/42/29), Their relation to Jacob; [Genesis 42:36](../../../kjv/genesis/42/36), Jacob refuses to send Benjamin.

**when Jacob:** [Genesis 41:54](../../../kjv/genesis/41/54), [Genesis 41:57](../../../kjv/genesis/41/57), [Acts 7:12](../../../kjv/acts/7/12)
**saw:** i.e. heard, from the report of others, that there was plenty in Egypt. The operations of one sense are frequently put for those of another in Hebrew - see the parallel passages. [Genesis 42:2](../../../kjv/genesis/42/2), [Exodus 5:19](../../../kjv/exodus/5/19), [Exodus 20:18](../../../kjv/exodus/20/18), [1 Kings 19:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/3), [Hosea 5:13](../../../kjv/hosea/5/13), [Galatians 2:7](../../../kjv/galatians/2/7)
**Why do ye:** [Joshua 7:10](../../../kjv/joshua/7/10), [2 Kings 8:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/3), [2 Kings 8:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/4), [Ezra 10:4](../../../kjv/ezra/10/4), [Jeremiah 8:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/14)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:19](../../../kjv/genesis/42/19) - carry corn [Genesis 43:2](../../../kjv/genesis/43/2) - *General* [2 Samuel 21:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/1) - a famine [John 13:22](../../../kjv/john/13/22) - looked

**get you:** [Genesis 43:2](../../../kjv/genesis/43/2), [Genesis 43:4](../../../kjv/genesis/43/4), [Genesis 45:9](../../../kjv/genesis/45/9)
**that we:** [Genesis 43:8](../../../kjv/genesis/43/8), [Psalms 118:17](../../../kjv/psalms/118/17), [Isaiah 38:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/1), [Matthew 4:4](../../../kjv/matthew/4/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 41:54](../../../kjv/genesis/41/54) - and the dearth [Genesis 42:1](../../../kjv/genesis/42/1) - saw [Genesis 42:19](../../../kjv/genesis/42/19) - carry corn [Nehemiah 5:2](../../../kjv/nehemiah/5/2) - we take up corn

[Genesis 42:5](../../../kjv/genesis/42/5), [Genesis 42:13](../../../kjv/genesis/42/13)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 43:20](../../../kjv/genesis/43/20) - we came indeed down

**Benjamin:** [Genesis 35:16-19](../../../kjv/genesis/35/16-19)
**Lest:** [Genesis 42:38](../../../kjv/genesis/42/38), [Genesis 3:22](../../../kjv/genesis/3/22), [Genesis 11:4](../../../kjv/genesis/11/4), [Genesis 33:1](../../../kjv/genesis/33/1), [Genesis 33:2](../../../kjv/genesis/33/2), [Genesis 43:14](../../../kjv/genesis/43/14), [Genesis 43:29](../../../kjv/genesis/43/29), [Genesis 44:20-22](../../../kjv/genesis/44/20-22), [Genesis 44:27-34](../../../kjv/genesis/44/27-34)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 35:18](../../../kjv/genesis/35/18) - Benjamin

**for:** [Genesis 12:10](../../../kjv/genesis/12/10), [Genesis 26:1](../../../kjv/genesis/26/1), [Genesis 41:57](../../../kjv/genesis/41/57), [Acts 7:11](../../../kjv/acts/7/11), [Acts 11:28](../../../kjv/acts/11/28)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 41:54](../../../kjv/genesis/41/54) - and the dearth [Genesis 42:3](../../../kjv/genesis/42/3) - *General* [Genesis 43:1](../../../kjv/genesis/43/1) - *General* [Psalms 105:16](../../../kjv/psalms/105/16) - Moreover

**governor:** Shallit, an intendant, protector, ruler, from shalat, to be over or a protector, to rule. Hence the Arabic salita, to obtain and exercise dominion, rule; and sultân, ruler, lord, prince, and king. [Genesis 41:40](../../../kjv/genesis/41/40), [Genesis 41:41](../../../kjv/genesis/41/41), [Genesis 45:8](../../../kjv/genesis/45/8), [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26), [Psalms 105:16-21](../../../kjv/psalms/105/16-21), [Acts 7:10](../../../kjv/acts/7/10)
**he it was:** [Genesis 41:55](../../../kjv/genesis/41/55), [Genesis 41:56](../../../kjv/genesis/41/56)
**bowed:** [Genesis 18:2](../../../kjv/genesis/18/2), [Genesis 19:1](../../../kjv/genesis/19/1), [Genesis 37:7](../../../kjv/genesis/37/7), [Genesis 37:9](../../../kjv/genesis/37/9), [Genesis 44:14](../../../kjv/genesis/44/14), [Revelation 3:9](../../../kjv/revelation/3/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 30:24](../../../kjv/genesis/30/24) - And she [Genesis 32:13](../../../kjv/genesis/32/13) - a present [Genesis 33:3](../../../kjv/genesis/33/3) - bowed [Genesis 41:43](../../../kjv/genesis/41/43) - ruler [Genesis 41:54](../../../kjv/genesis/41/54) - and the dearth [Genesis 43:26](../../../kjv/genesis/43/26) - bowed [Genesis 48:12](../../../kjv/genesis/48/12) - he bowed himself [Genesis 49:8](../../../kjv/genesis/49/8) - thy father's [Genesis 50:18](../../../kjv/genesis/50/18) - fell [Proverbs 14:19](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/19) - *General* [Proverbs 19:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/6) - will [Haggai 2:17](../../../kjv/haggai/2/17) - with blasting

**roughly unto them:** Heb. hard things with them, [Genesis 42:9-12](../../../kjv/genesis/42/9-12), [Genesis 42:14-17](../../../kjv/genesis/42/14-17), [Genesis 42:19](../../../kjv/genesis/42/19), [Genesis 42:20](../../../kjv/genesis/42/20), [Matthew 15:23-26](../../../kjv/matthew/15/23-26)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:15](../../../kjv/genesis/42/15) - By the life [Genesis 42:30](../../../kjv/genesis/42/30) - roughly to us [Genesis 44:19](../../../kjv/genesis/44/19) - *General* [1 Samuel 20:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/10) - answer thee [1 Kings 12:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/13) - answered [2 Chronicles 10:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/10/13) - answered [Job 19:3](../../../kjv/job/19/3) - make yourselves strange to me [Proverbs 18:23](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/23) - rich [Luke 24:28](../../../kjv/luke/24/28) - he made

**but they knew:** [Luke 24:16](../../../kjv/luke/24/16), [John 20:14](../../../kjv/john/20/14), [John 21:4](../../../kjv/john/21/4)

**remembered:** [Genesis 37:5-9](../../../kjv/genesis/37/5-9)
**Ye are spies:** Persons who, under the pretence of wishing to buy corn, desire only to find out whether the land be so defenceless that the tribes to which you belong may attack it successfully, drive out the inhabitants, and settle themselves in it; or, having plundered it, retire into their deserts. This is a frequent custom among the Arabs to the present day. [Genesis 42:9](../../../kjv/genesis/42/9), [Genesis 42:16](../../../kjv/genesis/42/16), [Genesis 42:30](../../../kjv/genesis/42/30), [Genesis 42:31](../../../kjv/genesis/42/31), [Genesis 42:34](../../../kjv/genesis/42/34), [Numbers 13:2](../../../kjv/numbers/13/2), [Numbers 13:16-20](../../../kjv/numbers/13/16-20), [Joshua 2:1](../../../kjv/joshua/2/1), [Joshua 6:23](../../../kjv/joshua/6/23), [Judges 1:24](../../../kjv/judges/1/24), [1 Samuel 26:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/4), [Luke 20:20](../../../kjv/luke/20/20), [Hebrews 11:31](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/31)
**nakedness:** [Exodus 32:35](../../../kjv/exodus/32/35)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 37:7](../../../kjv/genesis/37/7) - your sheaves [Genesis 42:7](../../../kjv/genesis/42/7) - roughly unto them [Genesis 42:12](../../../kjv/genesis/42/12) - nakedness [Genesis 42:14](../../../kjv/genesis/42/14) - *General* [Joshua 2:3](../../../kjv/joshua/2/3) - to search [Judges 18:2](../../../kjv/judges/18/2) - Zorah [2 Samuel 3:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/25) - and to know [2 Samuel 10:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/3) - not [1 Chronicles 19:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/3) - to search

[Genesis 27:29](../../../kjv/genesis/27/29), [Genesis 27:37](../../../kjv/genesis/27/37), [Genesis 37:8](../../../kjv/genesis/37/8), [Genesis 44:9](../../../kjv/genesis/44/9), [1 Samuel 26:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/17), [1 Kings 18:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 23:6](../../../kjv/genesis/23/6) - my lord [Genesis 43:20](../../../kjv/genesis/43/20) - we came indeed down

**We are:** etc. We do not belong to different tribes; and it is not likely that one family would make a hostile attempt upon a whole kingdom; nor, if any serious design had been intended, that one man would have sent his sons on so hazardous an expedition.
**true men:** [Genesis 42:19](../../../kjv/genesis/42/19), [Genesis 42:33](../../../kjv/genesis/42/33), [Genesis 42:34](../../../kjv/genesis/42/34), [John 7:18](../../../kjv/john/7/18), [2 Corinthians 6:4](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/6/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:13](../../../kjv/genesis/42/13) - Thy servants [Genesis 42:31](../../../kjv/genesis/42/31) - true [Genesis 43:27](../../../kjv/genesis/43/27) - Is your father well [Genesis 43:29](../../../kjv/genesis/43/29) - of whom

**nakedness:** [Genesis 42:9](../../../kjv/genesis/42/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:15](../../../kjv/genesis/42/15) - By the life [2 Samuel 3:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/25) - and to know

**Thy servants:** [Genesis 42:11](../../../kjv/genesis/42/11), [Genesis 42:32](../../../kjv/genesis/42/32), [Genesis 29:32-35](../../../kjv/genesis/29/32-35), [Genesis 30:6-24](../../../kjv/genesis/30/6-24), [Genesis 35:16-26](../../../kjv/genesis/35/16-26), [Genesis 43:7](../../../kjv/genesis/43/7), [Genesis 46:8-27](../../../kjv/genesis/46/8-27), [Exodus 1:2-5](../../../kjv/exodus/1/2-5), [Numbers 1:1-54](../../../kjv/numbers/1/1-54), [Numbers 10:1-36](../../../kjv/numbers/10/1-36), [Numbers 26:1-65](../../../kjv/numbers/26/1-65), 34:1-29; [1 Chronicles 2:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/1) - [1 Chronicles 8:40](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/8/40)
**one is not:** [Genesis 42:36](../../../kjv/genesis/42/36), [Genesis 42:38](../../../kjv/genesis/42/38), [Genesis 37:30](../../../kjv/genesis/37/30), [Genesis 44:20](../../../kjv/genesis/44/20), [Genesis 44:28](../../../kjv/genesis/44/28), [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26), [Jeremiah 31:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/15), [Lamentations 5:7](../../../kjv/lamentations/5/7), [Matthew 2:16](../../../kjv/matthew/2/16), [Matthew 2:18](../../../kjv/matthew/2/18)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 43:27](../../../kjv/genesis/43/27) - Is your father well [Genesis 43:29](../../../kjv/genesis/43/29) - of whom

[Genesis 42:9-11](../../../kjv/genesis/42/9-11), [Job 13:24](../../../kjv/job/13/24), [Job 19:11](../../../kjv/job/19/11), [Matthew 15:21-28](../../../kjv/matthew/15/21-28)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:7](../../../kjv/genesis/42/7) - roughly unto them

**By the life:** [Genesis 42:7](../../../kjv/genesis/42/7), [Genesis 42:12](../../../kjv/genesis/42/12), [Genesis 42:16](../../../kjv/genesis/42/16), [Genesis 42:30](../../../kjv/genesis/42/30), [Deuteronomy 6:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/6/13), [1 Samuel 1:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/26), [1 Samuel 17:55](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/55), [1 Samuel 20:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/3), [Jeremiah 5:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/2), [Jeremiah 5:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/7), [Matthew 5:33-37](../../../kjv/matthew/5/33-37), [Matthew 23:16-22](../../../kjv/matthew/23/16-22), [James 5:12](../../../kjv/james/5/12)
**except:** [Genesis 42:20](../../../kjv/genesis/42/20), [Genesis 42:34](../../../kjv/genesis/42/34), [Genesis 43:3](../../../kjv/genesis/43/3), [Genesis 44:20-34](../../../kjv/genesis/44/20-34)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:33](../../../kjv/genesis/42/33) - *General* [Genesis 44:21](../../../kjv/genesis/44/21) - Bring [Genesis 44:23](../../../kjv/genesis/44/23) - *General*

**kept in prison:** Heb. bound, [Genesis 42:19](../../../kjv/genesis/42/19)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:9](../../../kjv/genesis/42/9) - Ye are spies [Genesis 42:15](../../../kjv/genesis/42/15) - By the life [Genesis 44:2](../../../kjv/genesis/44/2) - *General* [2 Samuel 3:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/25) - and to know [2 Samuel 10:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/3) - not

**put:** Heb. gathered, [Isaiah 24:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/24/22), [Acts 5:18](../../../kjv/acts/5/18)
**ward:** [Genesis 40:4](../../../kjv/genesis/40/4), [Genesis 40:7](../../../kjv/genesis/40/7), [Genesis 41:10](../../../kjv/genesis/41/10), [Leviticus 24:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/12), [Psalms 119:65](../../../kjv/psalms/119/65), [Acts 4:3](../../../kjv/acts/4/3), [Hebrews 12:10](../../../kjv/hebrews/12/10)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 50:15](../../../kjv/genesis/50/15) - Joseph [Acts 12:10](../../../kjv/acts/12/10) - the first

**I fear God:** [Genesis 20:11](../../../kjv/genesis/20/11), [Leviticus 25:43](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/43), [Nehemiah 5:9](../../../kjv/nehemiah/5/9), [Nehemiah 5:15](../../../kjv/nehemiah/5/15), [Luke 18:2](../../../kjv/luke/18/2), [Luke 18:4](../../../kjv/luke/18/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 22:12](../../../kjv/genesis/22/12) - now [Genesis 39:9](../../../kjv/genesis/39/9) - sin [Genesis 44:17](../../../kjv/genesis/44/17) - God forbid [Exodus 1:17](../../../kjv/exodus/1/17) - feared God [Exodus 18:21](../../../kjv/exodus/18/21) - such as [Leviticus 19:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/14) - fear [Leviticus 25:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/17) - fear [1 Kings 18:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/3) - feared the Lord [2 Chronicles 19:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/19/7) - let the [Nehemiah 7:2](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/2) - feared God [Psalms 19:9](../../../kjv/psalms/19/9) - The fear [Psalms 119:161](../../../kjv/psalms/119/161) - my heart [Proverbs 14:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/16) - feareth [Malachi 3:5](../../../kjv/malachi/3/5) - fear [Colossians 3:22](../../../kjv/colossians/3/22) - fearing [1 Peter 2:17](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/17) - Fear

**house:** [Genesis 40:3](../../../kjv/genesis/40/3), [Isaiah 42:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/42/7), [Isaiah 42:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/42/22), [Jeremiah 37:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/37/15)
**carry corn:** [Genesis 42:1](../../../kjv/genesis/42/1), [Genesis 42:2](../../../kjv/genesis/42/2), [Genesis 42:26](../../../kjv/genesis/42/26), [Genesis 41:56](../../../kjv/genesis/41/56), [Genesis 43:1](../../../kjv/genesis/43/1), [Genesis 43:2](../../../kjv/genesis/43/2), [Genesis 45:23](../../../kjv/genesis/45/23)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:7](../../../kjv/genesis/42/7) - roughly unto them [Genesis 42:11](../../../kjv/genesis/42/11) - true men [Genesis 42:16](../../../kjv/genesis/42/16) - kept in prison [Genesis 42:33](../../../kjv/genesis/42/33) - *General*

**bring:** [Genesis 42:15](../../../kjv/genesis/42/15), [Genesis 42:34](../../../kjv/genesis/42/34), [Genesis 43:5](../../../kjv/genesis/43/5), [Genesis 43:19](../../../kjv/genesis/43/19), [Genesis 44:23](../../../kjv/genesis/44/23)
**And they:** [Genesis 42:26](../../../kjv/genesis/42/26), [Genesis 6:22](../../../kjv/genesis/6/22), [John 2:5](../../../kjv/john/2/5)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:7](../../../kjv/genesis/42/7) - roughly unto them [Genesis 42:33](../../../kjv/genesis/42/33) - *General* [Genesis 44:21](../../../kjv/genesis/44/21) - Bring

**they said:** [Genesis 41:9](../../../kjv/genesis/41/9), [Numbers 32:23](../../../kjv/numbers/32/23), [2 Samuel 12:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/13), [1 Kings 17:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/18), [Job 33:27](../../../kjv/job/33/27), [Job 33:28](../../../kjv/job/33/28), [Job 34:31](../../../kjv/job/34/31), [Job 34:32](../../../kjv/job/34/32), [Job 36:8](../../../kjv/job/36/8), [Job 36:9](../../../kjv/job/36/9), [Hosea 5:15](../../../kjv/hosea/5/15), [Matthew 27:3](../../../kjv/matthew/27/3), [Matthew 27:4](../../../kjv/matthew/27/4), [Mark 9:44](../../../kjv/mark/9/44), [Mark 9:46](../../../kjv/mark/9/46), [Mark 9:48](../../../kjv/mark/9/48), [Luke 16:28](../../../kjv/luke/16/28), [Acts 19:18](../../../kjv/acts/19/18)
**we saw:** [Genesis 37:23-28](../../../kjv/genesis/37/23-28), [Judges 1:7](../../../kjv/judges/1/7), [Proverbs 21:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/13), [Proverbs 24:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/11), [Proverbs 24:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/12), [Proverbs 28:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/17), [Jeremiah 2:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/17), [Jeremiah 2:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/19), [Jeremiah 4:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/18), [Jeremiah 34:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/34/17), [Matthew 7:2](../../../kjv/matthew/7/2), [1 John 1:9](../../../kjv/1-john/1/9), [James 2:13](../../../kjv/james/2/13)
**this distress:** [Proverbs 1:27](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/27), [Proverbs 1:28](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/28)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 27:42](../../../kjv/genesis/27/42) - comfort himself [Genesis 37:27](../../../kjv/genesis/37/27) - he is our [Genesis 43:18](../../../kjv/genesis/43/18) - the men [Genesis 44:8](../../../kjv/genesis/44/8) - the money [Genesis 44:16](../../../kjv/genesis/44/16) - God hath [Genesis 45:24](../../../kjv/genesis/45/24) - See that [Genesis 49:23](../../../kjv/genesis/49/23) - *General* [Genesis 50:17](../../../kjv/genesis/50/17) - wept [Joshua 7:20](../../../kjv/joshua/7/20) - Indeed [2 Chronicles 21:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/13) - hast slain [Job 7:11](../../../kjv/job/7/11) - the anguish [Psalms 109:16](../../../kjv/psalms/109/16) - persecuted [Proverbs 14:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/10) - his [Amos 6:6](../../../kjv/amos/6/6) - but [Matthew 5:23](../../../kjv/matthew/5/23) - rememberest [Luke 23:51](../../../kjv/luke/23/51) - had not [John 8:9](../../../kjv/john/8/9) - being [Acts 28:4](../../../kjv/acts/28/4) - a murderer [Romans 2:15](../../../kjv/romans/2/15) - accusing

**Spake I:** [Genesis 37:21](../../../kjv/genesis/37/21), [Genesis 37:22](../../../kjv/genesis/37/22), [Genesis 37:29](../../../kjv/genesis/37/29), [Genesis 37:30](../../../kjv/genesis/37/30), [Luke 23:41](../../../kjv/luke/23/41), [Romans 2:15](../../../kjv/romans/2/15)
**his blood:** [Genesis 4:10](../../../kjv/genesis/4/10), [Genesis 9:5](../../../kjv/genesis/9/5), [Genesis 9:6](../../../kjv/genesis/9/6), [1 Kings 2:32](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/32), [2 Chronicles 24:22](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/24/22), [Psalms 9:12](../../../kjv/psalms/9/12), [Ezekiel 3:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/3/18), [Luke 11:50](../../../kjv/luke/11/50), [Luke 11:51](../../../kjv/luke/11/51), [Acts 28:4](../../../kjv/acts/28/4), [Revelation 13:10](../../../kjv/revelation/13/10), [Revelation 16:9](../../../kjv/revelation/16/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 27:42](../../../kjv/genesis/27/42) - comfort himself [Genesis 29:32](../../../kjv/genesis/29/32) - his name [Genesis 44:16](../../../kjv/genesis/44/16) - God hath [Genesis 45:24](../../../kjv/genesis/45/24) - See that [1 Samuel 19:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/19/4) - sin against [1 Kings 17:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/18) - art thou come [2 Chronicles 21:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/13) - hast slain [Psalms 10:13](../../../kjv/psalms/10/13) - Thou [Psalms 51:14](../../../kjv/psalms/51/14) - Deliver [Jeremiah 26:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/26/15) - ye shall [Ezekiel 33:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/6) - his blood [Amos 6:6](../../../kjv/amos/6/6) - but [Matthew 5:23](../../../kjv/matthew/5/23) - rememberest [Matthew 27:4](../../../kjv/matthew/27/4) - I have sinned [Luke 23:51](../../../kjv/luke/23/51) - had not [John 8:9](../../../kjv/john/8/9) - being [Acts 27:21](../../../kjv/acts/27/21) - ye should [1 Corinthians 8:12](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/8/12) - when

**he spake unto them by an interpreter:** Heb. an interpreter was between them, The mailitz does not seem to have been an interpreter in our sense of the term; as we have many evidences in this book that the Egyptians, Hebrews, Canaanites, and Syrians, could understand each other in a general way; and it appears from several passages in this very chapter - particularly [Genesis 42:24](../../../kjv/genesis/42/24), that Joseph and his brethren understood each others' language, as his brethren and Joseph's steward also did - [Genesis 43:19](../../../kjv/genesis/43/19), etc; compare [Genesis 39:1](../../../kjv/genesis/39/1), and [Genesis 49:1](../../../kjv/genesis/49/1). It seems to denote an officer who is called in Abyssinia, according to Mr. Bruce, Kal Hatze, "the voice or word of the king," who always stands at the side of a lattice window of a balcony, within which the king sits; who is never seen, but who speaks through a hole in the side of it, covered in the inside with a curtain, to this officer, by whom he speaks to the persons present. [John 16:13](../../../kjv/john/16/13), [John 16:14](../../../kjv/john/16/14), [2 Corinthians 5:20](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/5/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 11:7](../../../kjv/genesis/11/7) - may [Genesis 45:12](../../../kjv/genesis/45/12) - your eyes [Psalms 114:1](../../../kjv/psalms/114/1) - a people [Haggai 2:17](../../../kjv/haggai/2/17) - with blasting [1 Corinthians 14:2](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/14/2) - he that

**wept:** [Genesis 43:30](../../../kjv/genesis/43/30), [Isaiah 63:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/63/9), [Luke 19:41](../../../kjv/luke/19/41), [Romans 12:15](../../../kjv/romans/12/15), [1 Corinthians 12:26](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/12/26), [Hebrews 4:15](../../../kjv/hebrews/4/15)
**Simeon:** [Genesis 34:25](../../../kjv/genesis/34/25), [Genesis 49:5-7](../../../kjv/genesis/49/5-7), [Jude 1:22](../../../kjv/jude/1/22), [Jude 1:23](../../../kjv/jude/1/23)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 29:33](../../../kjv/genesis/29/33) - called [Genesis 42:23](../../../kjv/genesis/42/23) - he spake unto them by an interpreter [Genesis 43:23](../../../kjv/genesis/43/23) - Simeon [Numbers 1:22](../../../kjv/numbers/1/22) - *General* [John 11:6](../../../kjv/john/11/6) - he abode

**commanded:** [Genesis 44:1](../../../kjv/genesis/44/1), [Genesis 44:2](../../../kjv/genesis/44/2), [Isaiah 55:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/55/1)
**to give them:** [Genesis 45:21](../../../kjv/genesis/45/21), [Matthew 6:33](../../../kjv/matthew/6/33)
**and thus:** [Matthew 5:44](../../../kjv/matthew/5/44), [Romans 12:17-21](../../../kjv/romans/12/17-21), [1 Peter 3:9](../../../kjv/1-peter/3/9)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 43:12](../../../kjv/genesis/43/12) - mouth [Genesis 45:17](../../../kjv/genesis/45/17) - lade your

**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:19](../../../kjv/genesis/42/19) - carry corn [Genesis 42:20](../../../kjv/genesis/42/20) - And they [Genesis 45:17](../../../kjv/genesis/45/17) - lade your [Job 39:11](../../../kjv/job/39/11) - leave

**the inn:** [Genesis 43:21](../../../kjv/genesis/43/21), [Genesis 44:11](../../../kjv/genesis/44/11), [Exodus 4:24](../../../kjv/exodus/4/24), [Luke 2:7](../../../kjv/luke/2/7), [Luke 10:34](../../../kjv/luke/10/34)
**inn:** Malon, from loon, to stay, abide, lodge, denotes any place to stay and lodge in, particularly a place where travellers usually stop to lodge, which is generally near a well, where they fill their girbehs, or leathern bottles, with fresh water, and having unladen and clogged their camels, asses, etc., permit them to crop any little verdure there may be in the place, keeping watch over them by turns. Our word inn here gives us a false idea, there were no such places of entertainment in the desert which Joseph's brethren had to pass; nor are there any at the present day. The only accommodation such a place affords is either a well, or a khan, or caravanserai, which is generally no more than four bare walls, perfectly exposed, the place being open at the top, and furnishing a wretched lodging, and even these, it is probable, were not in use at this early period.
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 29:32](../../../kjv/genesis/29/32) - his name [Genesis 42:35](../../../kjv/genesis/42/35) - every man's [Genesis 43:20](../../../kjv/genesis/43/20) - we came indeed down [Genesis 44:8](../../../kjv/genesis/44/8) - the money [Haggai 2:17](../../../kjv/haggai/2/17) - with blasting

**their heart:** [Genesis 42:36](../../../kjv/genesis/42/36), [Genesis 27:33](../../../kjv/genesis/27/33), [Leviticus 26:36](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/36), [Deuteronomy 28:65](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/65), [1 Kings 10:5](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/5), [Psalms 61:2](../../../kjv/psalms/61/2), [Song of Solomon 5:6](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/5/6), [Luke 21:26](../../../kjv/luke/21/26)
**failed them:** Heb. went forth, This refers to the spasmodic affection which is felt in the breast at any sudden alarm or fright.
**What is:** [Isaiah 45:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/7), [Lamentations 2:17](../../../kjv/lamentations/2/17), [Lamentations 3:37](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/37), [Amos 3:6](../../../kjv/amos/3/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:35](../../../kjv/genesis/42/35) - every man's [Genesis 43:18](../../../kjv/genesis/43/18) - the men [Psalms 40:12](../../../kjv/psalms/40/12) - heart

**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 44:24](../../../kjv/genesis/44/24) - we told him

**roughly to us:** Heb. with us hard things, [Genesis 42:7-20](../../../kjv/genesis/42/7-20)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 41:43](../../../kjv/genesis/41/43) - ruler [Genesis 42:9](../../../kjv/genesis/42/9) - Ye are spies [Genesis 42:15](../../../kjv/genesis/42/15) - By the life [1 Samuel 20:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/10) - answer thee [1 Kings 12:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/13) - answered [2 Chronicles 10:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/10/13) - answered [Proverbs 18:23](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/23) - rich

**true:** [Genesis 42:11](../../../kjv/genesis/42/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 37:35](../../../kjv/genesis/37/35) - For I [Genesis 42:9](../../../kjv/genesis/42/9) - Ye are spies [Joshua 2:3](../../../kjv/joshua/2/3) - to search

**twelve brethren:** [Genesis 42:13](../../../kjv/genesis/42/13)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 37:30](../../../kjv/genesis/37/30) - *General* [Psalms 68:27](../../../kjv/psalms/68/27) - little

[Genesis 42:15](../../../kjv/genesis/42/15), [Genesis 42:19](../../../kjv/genesis/42/19), [Genesis 42:20](../../../kjv/genesis/42/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 41:43](../../../kjv/genesis/41/43) - ruler [Genesis 42:11](../../../kjv/genesis/42/11) - true men [Genesis 43:3](../../../kjv/genesis/43/3) - man

**traffic:** [Genesis 34:10](../../../kjv/genesis/34/10), [Genesis 34:21](../../../kjv/genesis/34/21), [1 Kings 10:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/15), [Ezekiel 17:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/17/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:9](../../../kjv/genesis/42/9) - Ye are spies [Genesis 42:11](../../../kjv/genesis/42/11) - true men [Genesis 42:15](../../../kjv/genesis/42/15) - except [Genesis 42:20](../../../kjv/genesis/42/20) - bring [Genesis 43:3](../../../kjv/genesis/43/3) - man

**every man's:** [Genesis 42:27](../../../kjv/genesis/42/27), [Genesis 42:28](../../../kjv/genesis/42/28), [Genesis 43:21](../../../kjv/genesis/43/21)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 37:30](../../../kjv/genesis/37/30) - *General* [Genesis 43:12](../../../kjv/genesis/43/12) - mouth [Genesis 43:18](../../../kjv/genesis/43/18) - the men [Genesis 43:20](../../../kjv/genesis/43/20) - we came indeed down [Genesis 44:8](../../../kjv/genesis/44/8) - the money

**Me have ye:** [Genesis 37:20-35](../../../kjv/genesis/37/20-35), [Genesis 43:14](../../../kjv/genesis/43/14)
**all these things are against me:** Alay hayoo cullanah, literally, "upon me are all these things:" rendered by the Vulgate, in me hec omnia mala reciderunt, "all these evils fall back upon me;" they lie upon me as heavy loads, hastening my death: they are more than I can bear. [Genesis 45:28](../../../kjv/genesis/45/28), [Genesis 47:12](../../../kjv/genesis/47/12), [1 Samuel 27:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/27/1), [Job 7:7](../../../kjv/job/7/7), [Psalms 34:19](../../../kjv/psalms/34/19), [Ecclesiastes 7:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/8), [Isaiah 27:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/27/9), [Isaiah 38:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/10), [Isaiah 41:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/10), [Isaiah 41:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/13), [Isaiah 41:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/14), [Matthew 14:31](../../../kjv/matthew/14/31), [Romans 8:28](../../../kjv/romans/8/28), [Romans 8:31](../../../kjv/romans/8/31), [1 Corinthians 10:13](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/13), [2 Corinthians 4:17](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/4/17), [James 5:7-11](../../../kjv/james/5/7-11)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 5:24](../../../kjv/genesis/5/24) - he was not [Genesis 42:13](../../../kjv/genesis/42/13) - one is not [Genesis 42:28](../../../kjv/genesis/42/28) - their heart [Genesis 43:23](../../../kjv/genesis/43/23) - Simeon [Genesis 44:12](../../../kjv/genesis/44/12) - and the cup [Genesis 44:20](../../../kjv/genesis/44/20) - and his brother [Genesis 44:28](../../../kjv/genesis/44/28) - Surely [Genesis 44:29](../../../kjv/genesis/44/29) - And if [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26) - And Jacob's [Genesis 48:11](../../../kjv/genesis/48/11) - I had not [Judges 11:35](../../../kjv/judges/11/35) - rent his clothes [Job 1:19](../../../kjv/job/1/19) - they are dead [Psalms 39:13](../../../kjv/psalms/39/13) - be no [Proverbs 23:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/5) - that which [Jeremiah 31:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/15) - because [Jeremiah 45:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/45/3) - added [Lamentations 5:7](../../../kjv/lamentations/5/7) - and are [Matthew 2:18](../../../kjv/matthew/2/18) - would

**Slay my:** [Genesis 43:9](../../../kjv/genesis/43/9), [Genesis 44:32-34](../../../kjv/genesis/44/32-34), [Genesis 46:9](../../../kjv/genesis/46/9), [Micah 6:7](../../../kjv/micah/6/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 19:8](../../../kjv/genesis/19/8) - let

**his brother:** [Genesis 42:13](../../../kjv/genesis/42/13), [Genesis 30:22-24](../../../kjv/genesis/30/22-24), [Genesis 35:16-18](../../../kjv/genesis/35/16-18), [Genesis 37:33](../../../kjv/genesis/37/33), [Genesis 37:35](../../../kjv/genesis/37/35), [Genesis 44:20](../../../kjv/genesis/44/20), [Genesis 44:27-34](../../../kjv/genesis/44/27-34)
**if mischief:** [Genesis 42:4](../../../kjv/genesis/42/4), [Genesis 44:29](../../../kjv/genesis/44/29)
**bring:** [Genesis 37:35](../../../kjv/genesis/37/35), [Genesis 44:29](../../../kjv/genesis/44/29), [Genesis 44:31](../../../kjv/genesis/44/31), [1 Kings 2:6](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/6), [Psalms 71:18](../../../kjv/psalms/71/18), [Psalms 90:10](../../../kjv/psalms/90/10), [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/14), [Ecclesiastes 2:26](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/26), [Isaiah 38:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/10), [Isaiah 46:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/46/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 35:18](../../../kjv/genesis/35/18) - Benjamin [Genesis 43:5](../../../kjv/genesis/43/5) - will not [Genesis 43:8](../../../kjv/genesis/43/8) - lad with me [Genesis 43:13](../../../kjv/genesis/43/13) - *General* [Genesis 44:22](../../../kjv/genesis/44/22) - his father would die [Genesis 44:28](../../../kjv/genesis/44/28) - Surely [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26) - And Jacob's [1 Samuel 15:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/26) - I will not [1 Kings 2:9](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/9) - his [Job 41:32](../../../kjv/job/41/32) - hoary [Ecclesiastes 12:5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/5) - the almond [John 13:8](../../../kjv/john/13/8) - Thou shalt

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