Genesis 42:9
Joseph thought back to the dreams he'd had about them, and told them, “No! You're spies! You've come to discover our country's weaknesses!”
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8Even though Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn't recognize him.
10“That's not true, my lord!” they responded. “We, your servants, have just come to buy food.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.
Genesis 42:30“The man who is the country's governor spoke to us in a severe way, and accused us of spying on the land,” they explained.
Exodus 32:35The Lord brought a plague on the people because they made Aaron make the bull calf.
Numbers 13:16These were the names of the men that Moses sent to explore the country. Moses called Hoshea Joshua.
Joshua 6:23So the spies went and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, and all who were with her. They brought out the whole family and took them to a place near the Israelite camp.
1 Samuel 26:4he sent out spies and found out Saul had definitely 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 →