Bible in Basic English
"The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose."
— Genesis 42:30, Bible in Basic English
“The man, who is the lord of the land, spake 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 roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.”
““The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.”
“The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.”
“The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.”
Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.
And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?
So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,
The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.
And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.
And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;