Genesis 42:12
And he answered them: “It is otherwise. You have come to examine the unguarded parts of this land.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
In Context
11We are all sons of one man. We have come in peace, nor do any of your subjects devise evil.”
Cross References
Genesis 42:15I will now continue to put you to the test. By the health of Pharaoh, you will not depart from here, until your youngest brother arrives.
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 →