Genesis 42:9
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, You are spies; to see the ruin of the land are you come.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
8And Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.
10And they said, No, my lord, ( ribboni,) thy servants are come to buy corn.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brothers envied him; but his father kept the word.
Genesis 42:30The man, the lord of the country, spoke hardly with us, and dealt with us as spies of the land.
Exodus 32:35And the Lord smote the people because they had worshipped (or served) the calf which Aharon had made.
Numbers 13:16These are the names of the men whom Mosheh sent to explore the land. And Mosheh called Hoshea bar Nun Jehoshua.
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 →