THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
Upon their return to their father, they recounted all that had transpired, including the anger the Egyptian overseer had shown towards them and how he had confined them as spies.
Genesis 42:30Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.
דִּ֠בֶּר הָאִ֨ישׁ אֲדֹנֵ֥י הָאָ֛רֶץ אִתָּ֖נוּ קָשׁ֑וֹת וַיִּתֵּ֣ן אֹתָ֔נוּ כִּֽמְרַגְּלִ֖ים אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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Ephraem the Syrian
They claimed that the Egyptians had mocked them, treated them with suspicion, and brought them shame, and that their only way to escape from their troubles was to present Benjamin.
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