Genesis 42:9
7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
10 “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
11 We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.”
- 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.
- DARBY
- And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.
- BLB
- And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You⁺ [are] spies! You⁺ have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
- ÅB
- Og Josef kom i hu det han hadde drømt om dem, og sa til dem: Dere er speidere, dere er kommet for å se hvor landet ligger åpent.
- OTB
- Josef husket drømmene han hadde om dem og sa: "Dere er spioner! Dere har kommet for å se hvor landet vårt er ubevoktet."
- B1930
- Og Josef kom i hu det han hadde drømt om dem, og sa til dem: I er speidere, I er kommet for å se hvor landet ligger åpent.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 37:5–9
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
Read in contextExodus 32:35
And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
Read in contextGenesis 42:34
But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
Read in contextJudges 1:24
and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
Read in contextNumbers 13:16–20
These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
Read in contextJoshua 2:1
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
Read in contextGenesis 42:30–31
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
Read in contextNumbers 13:2
“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”
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