Genesis 42:12

and he saith unto them, 'No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

In Context

11we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; thy servants have not been spies;'

13and they say, 'Thy servants [are] twelve brethren; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one [is] with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

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Cross References

Genesis 42:15by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this — except by your young brother coming hither;

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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