Genesis 42:9
And Yosef remembered the chalomot which he dreamed about them, and said unto them, Ye are meragelim (spies); to see the ervat ha'aretz (nakedness of the land) ye came.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Yosef recognized his achim, but they recognized not him.
10And they said unto him, Lo, adoni, but to buy okhel are thy avadim come.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his achim had kina (jealousy, envy) toward him; but Aviv was shomer over the saying.
Genesis 42:30The ish, who is adonei HaAretz, spoke roughly to us, and took us for meragelim HaAretz.
Exodus 32:35And Hashem plagued HaAm, because they made the Egel, which Aharon made.
Numbers 13:16These are the shmot of the men which Moshe sent to spy out the land. And Moshe called Hoshea ben Nun Yehoshua. + 13:16 See Zech 6:11-12 on the personal name of Moshiach in prophecy
Joshua 6:23And hane'arim (the young men) that were spies went in, and brought out Rachav, and her av, and her em, and her achim, and all that she had; and they brought out all her mishpechot, and put them outside the Machaneh Yisroel.
1 Samuel 26:4Dovid therefore sent out scouts, and understood that Sha'ul had indeed come.
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 →