Genesis 42:9

Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

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WEBBE

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.”

BSB

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

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וַיִּזְכֹּר vai·yiz·kor and he remembered H2142 יוֹסֵף yo·sef Joseph H3130 אֵת 'et (marks the object) H853 הַחֲלֹמוֹת ha·cha·lo·mot the dreams H2472 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 חָלַם cha·lam he had dreamed H2492 לָהֶם la·hem of (the) them H9038 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֲלֵהֶם 'a·le·hem to them H413 מְרַגְּלִים me·ra·ge·lim [are] spies H7270 אַתֶּם 'a·tem you H859 לִרְאוֹת lir·'ot to see H7200 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עֶרְוַת 'er·vat [the] nakedness of H6172 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the land H776 בָּאתֶם ba·tem you have come H935

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 7–20

Joseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had made away with him, and he gave them occasion to speak of their father and brother. God, in his providence, sometimes seems harsh with those he loves, and speaks roughly to those for whom yet he has great mercy in store. Joseph settled at last, that one of them should be left, and the rest go home and fetch Benjamin. It was a very encouraging word he said to them, "I fear God;" as if he had said, You may be assured I will do you no wrong; I dare not, for I know there is one higher than I. With those that fear God, we may expect fair dealing.

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Accusation, FalseSpies

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.