Genesis 42:9
And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
10And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
Genesis 42:30The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.
Exodus 32:35And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron had made.
Numbers 13:16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.
Joshua 6:23And the young men, the spies, went in and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had: all her kindred did they bring out, and they left them outside the camp of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.
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 →