Genesis 42:14

Joseph said to them, “It is what I said to you; you are spies.

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And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

In Context

13They said, “We your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. See, the youngest is this day with our father, and one brother is no longer alive.”

15By this you will be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you will not leave here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the undefended parts of the land.”

Job 19:11He has also kindled his wrath against me; 1 he regards me as one of his adversaries. 1

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 →

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