Genesis 42:9
Then 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.
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8Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.
10And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
Genesis 42:30The 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.
Exodus 32:35And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.
Numbers 13:16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.
Joshua 6:23So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
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 →