Genesis 42:9
and Joseph remembers the dreams which he dreamed of them and says to them, “You [are] spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
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In Context
8And Joseph discerns his brothers, but they have not discerned him,
10And they say to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food;
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers are zealous against him, and his father has watched the matter.
Genesis 42:30“The man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;
Exodus 32:35And YHWH plagues the people because they made the calf which Aaron made.
Numbers 13:16These [are] the names of the men whom Moses has sent to spy out the land; and Moses calls Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.
Joshua 6:23And the young men, those spying, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all whom she has; indeed, they have brought out all her relatives, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4and David sends spies, and knows that Saul has come to Nachon,
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 →