Genesis 42:7
And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
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ASV
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
KJV
And 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.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥רְא | vai.Yar' | and he saw | H7200 → |
| יוֹסֵ֛ף | yo.Sef | Joseph | H3130 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אֶחָ֖יו | 'e.Chav | brothers his | H251 → |
| וַיַּכִּרֵ֑ם | vai.ya.ki.Rem | and he recognized them | H5234 → |
| וַיִּתְנַכֵּ֨ר | vai.yit.na.Ker | and he acted as a stranger | H5234 → |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם | 'a.lei.Hem | to them | H413 → |
| וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר | vay.da.Ber | and he spoke | H1696 → |
| אִתָּ֣ם | 'i.Tam | with them | H854 → |
| קָשׁ֗וֹת | ka.Shot | harsh | H7186 → |
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֲלֵהֶם֙ | 'a.le.Hem | to them | H413 → |
| מֵאַ֣יִן | me.'A.yin | from where? | H370 → |
| בָּאתֶ֔ם | ba.Tem | have you come | H935 → |
| וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | vai.Yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | me.'E.retz | from [the] land of | H776 → |
| כְּנַ֖עַן | ke.Na.'an | Canaan | H3667 → |
| לִשְׁבָּר־ | lish.bor- | to buy | H7666 → |
| אֹֽכֶל׃ | 'O.khel | food | H400 → |
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