Verse 9
Genesis 42:9
Bible in Basic English
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֣ר יוֹסֵ֔ף אֵ֚ת הַ/חֲלֹמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָלַ֖ם לָ/הֶ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ מְרַגְּלִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לִ/רְא֛וֹת אֶת עֶרְוַ֥ת הָ/אָ֖רֶץ בָּאתֶֽם
English Translation
And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about them and said to them, "You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land."
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Chapter 42 Context
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Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one anoth...
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And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so th...
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So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.
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But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil m...
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And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in th...
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Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of th...
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And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to...
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Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.
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Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come sec...
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And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.
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We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.
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And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.
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Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the you...
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And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;
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But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this...
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Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that you...
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So he put them in prison for three days.
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And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fear...
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If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of...
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And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you w...
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And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and...
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And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so...
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They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking t...
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And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and...
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Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put...
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Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.
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Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his m...
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And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became...
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So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all thei...
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The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had c...
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And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;
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We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in...
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And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you b...
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And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I...
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And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in...
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And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon i...
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And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my ca...
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And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: i...
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