Genesis 42:9
Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamt about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
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8Joseph recognised his brothers, but they didn’t recognise him.
10They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
Genesis 42:30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
Exodus 32:35The LORD struck the people, because of what they did with the calf, which Aaron made.
Numbers 13:16These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
Joshua 6:23The young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab with her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. They also brought out all of her relatives, and they set them outside of the camp of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly 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 →