Genesis 42:9
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.
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 servants come.
11 We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no 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
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
Read in contextExodus 32:35
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Read in contextGenesis 42:34
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
Read in contextJudges 1:24
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
Read in contextNumbers 13:16–20
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
Read in contextJoshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Read in contextGenesis 42:30–31
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
Read in contextNumbers 13:2
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
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