Genesis 42:13
They replied, ‘We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.’
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
In Context
12But he said to them, ‘No, you have come to see the weaknesses of the land.’
14Joseph said to them, ‘It is just as I said to you, you are spies.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32So Leah gave birth to a son whom she named Reuben, for she said, ‘The Lord has seen my affliction; now my husband will love me.’
Genesis 35:16Then they set out from Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into a hard and painful labour.
Genesis 42:11We are all sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants are not spies.’
Genesis 42:36Jacob their father said to them, ‘You have robbed me of my children: Joseph is no longer living and Simeon is no longer here, and you would take Benjamin also. All this misfortune has overtaken me!’
Genesis 43:7They replied, ‘The man asked particularly about us and our relatives, saying, “Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?” So we answered his questions as he asked them. How were we to know that he would say, “Bring your brother down”?’
Genesis 44:20And we said to you, “We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one. Since his brother is dead, he is the only son of his mother who is left; and his father loves him.”
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 →