Genesis 42:9

and he bithouyte on the dremys whiche he seiy sumtyme. And he seide to hem, Ye ben aspieris, ye camen to se the feblere thingis of the lond.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8And netheles he knewe the britheren, and he was not knowun of hem,

10Whiche seiden, Lord, it is not so, but thi seruauntis camen to bie metis;

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Cross References

Genesis 37:11Therfor hise britheren hadden enuye to hym. Forsothe the fadir bihelde pryuely the thing,

Genesis 42:30The lord of the lond spak harde to vs, and gesside that we weren aspieris of the prouynce;

Exodus 32:35Therfor the Lord smoot the puple for the gilt of the calf, which calf Aaron made.

Numbers 13:16Of the lynage of Gad, Guel, the sone of Machi.

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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