Genesis 42:9
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, All of you are spies; to see the nakedness of the land all of you are come.
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8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are your servants come.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Genesis 42:30The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
Exodus 32:35And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Numbers 13:16These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
Joshua 6:23And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
1 Samuel 26:4David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
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 →