Genesis 42:9
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them. And said to them, Ye are spies; ye have come to see the nakedness of the land.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.
10And they said to him, No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
Genesis 42:30The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
Exodus 32:35And LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Numbers 13:16These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
Joshua 6:23And the young men, the spies, went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all her kindred, and they set them outside the camp of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul definitely came.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21
Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 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. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →