Genesis 42:12
“No! You've come to find our country's weaknesses!” he insisted.
Free Bible 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're all the sons of one man and we're honest. We're not spies!”
Cross References
Genesis 42:15“This is how your story will be checked. I swear on Pharaoh's life that you'll never leave this country unless your younger brother comes here.
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 →