Douay-Rheims Bible: Genesis — Introduction, Chapter Summaries and Notes by Richard Challoner
Chapter 42
SummaryJacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. Their treatment by Joseph.
[42:9] You are spies. . . This he said by way of examining them, to see what they would answer.
[42:16] Or else by the health of Pharao you are spies. . . That is, if these things you say be proved false, you are to be held for spies for your lying, and shall be treated as such. Joseph dealt in this manner with his brethren, to bring them by the means of affliction to a sense of their former sin, and a sincere repentance for it.
[42:38] To hell. . . That is, to that place, where the souls then remained, as above, chapter 37. ver. 35.