And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
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Interpretation
Joseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had made away with him, and he gave them occasion to speak of their father and brother.
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This thought runs through Genesis 42:7-10.