Genesis 42:9
Then 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.”
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8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
10They said to him, “No, my master. Your servants have come to buy food.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Genesis 42:30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us and thought that we were spies in the land.
Exodus 32:35Yahweh sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf, the one that Aaron made.
Numbers 13:16These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land. Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name of Joshua.
Joshua 6:23So the young men who had been spies went in and brought Rahab out. They brought out her father, mother, brothers, and all the relatives that were with her. They brought them to a place outside the camp of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4So David sent out spies and learned that Saul 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 →