Genesis 42:9
And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw; and he said to them, Ye are spies; to observe the marks of the land are ye come.
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In Context
8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
10But they said, Nay, Sir, we thy servants are come to buy food;
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Genesis 42:30The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.
Exodus 32:35And the Lord smote the people for the making 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.
Joshua 6:23And the two young men who had spied out the city entered into the house of the woman, and brought out Rahab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and her kindred, and all that she had; and they set her without the camp of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4And David sent spies, and ascertained that Saul was come prepared out of Keilah.
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 →