Genesis 42:9
Joseph [May he add] remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
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8Joseph [May he add] recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
10They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11His brothers envied him, + 37:11. Quoted in Acts 7:9 but his father kept this saying in mind. (2)
Genesis 42:30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
Exodus 32:35Adonai struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron [Light-bringer] made.
Numbers 13:16These are the names of the men who Moses [Drawn out] sent to spy out the land. Moses [Drawn out] called Hoshea [Yah save] the son of Nun, who Moses [Drawn out] renamed Joshua [Yah Salvation].
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 →