Genesis 42:9

And Ioseph remembred his dreames which he dreamed of them and sayde vnto them: ye are spies and to se where the lande is weake is youre comynge.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

8Ioseph knewe his brethern but they knewe not him.

10And they sayde vnto him: nay my lorde: but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:11And his brethern hated him but his father noted the saynge.

Genesis 42:30The lorde of the lade spake rughly to us and toke us for spyes to serche the countte.

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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