Genesis 42:30
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The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.

roughly to us.

Genesis 42:7-20 And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life. . . .

Context
Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan
29And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying: 30The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.31And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:7
And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.

Genesis 42:29
And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:

Lexicon
“The man
הָאִ֨ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 582: Man, mankind

who is the lord
אֲדֹנֵ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

of the land
הָאָ֛רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

spoke
דִּ֠בֶּר (dib·ber)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

harshly
קָשׁ֑וֹת (qā·šō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7186: Hard, severe

to us
אִתָּ֖נוּ (’it·tā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

and accused us of spying
כִּֽמְרַגְּלִ֖ים (kim·rag·gə·lîm)
Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7270: To walk along, to reconnoiter, to be a, tale-bearer, to lead about

on the country.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
“The man who is the lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.

The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.

The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

The man who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

"The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

'The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;
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