Genesis 42:14

And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

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In The King James Version

And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

In Context

13Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

15But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:9Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

Job 19:11His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.

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 →

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