Gen 42:7-10, 43:7, 29 | ESV | STEP | Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. Where do you come from? he said . They said , From the land of Canaan , to buy food .

e[See ver. 27 above]

Genesis 42:7-10

7 Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and ^aspoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.” 8 And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. 9 And Joseph ^bremembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. ^cAnd he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.” 10 They said to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food.

Genesis 43:7

7 They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

Genesis 43:29

29 And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, ^dhis mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, ^eof whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!”