Genesis 42:12
He said to them, “ I do not believe you. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
In Context
11We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.”
Cross References
Genesis 42:15But this is how I will determine whether what you are saying is true. I think that as surely as the king lives, you are spies. And you will not leave this place until your youngest brother comes here!
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 →