Genesis 42:9
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed concerning them, and he said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land are ye come.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they recognized not him.
10And they said unto him, No, my lord, thy servants are only come to buy food.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers envied him; but his father noted the matter [in his mind].
Genesis 42:30The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us as though we were espying the country.
Exodus 32:35And the Lord sent a plague among the people, because that they had made the calf which Aaron made.
Numbers 13:16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua [[Yehoshua']].
Joshua 6:23And the young men, the spies, went in, and brought out Rachab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all belonging to her: and they brought out all her kindred, and they left them without the camp of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4David thereupon sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come for a certainty.
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 →