Genesis 42:9
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
10“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
Genesis 42:30“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
Exodus 32:35And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
Numbers 13:16These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
Joshua 6:23So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
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 →