Verse 9
Genesis 42:9
Free Bible Version
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“That's not true, my lord!” they responded. “We, your servants, have just come to buy food.
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
1
When Jacob found out grain was available in Egypt, he asked his sons, “Why do you keep on looking at...
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I've heard there's grain in Egypt. Go there and buy some for us so we can stay alive—if not, we're g...
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But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his other brothers, for he said, “I'm afraid s...
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4
So Israel's sons went to buy grain along with everyone else, because there was famine in Canaan too.
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Joseph was the governor of the country and he sold grain to all the people there. So Joseph's brothe...
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6
Joseph recognized them as soon as he saw them, but he acted like a stranger towards them and spoke t...
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Even though Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn't recognize him.
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Joseph thought back to the dreams he'd had about them, and told them, “No! You're spies! You've come...
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9
“That's not true, my lord!” they responded. “We, your servants, have just come to buy food.
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We're all the sons of one man and we're honest. We're not spies!”
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11
“No! You've come to find our country's weaknesses!” he insisted.
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12
“Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man living in the country of Canaan,” they expla...
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“As I said before, you're spies!” Joseph declared.
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14
“This is how your story will be checked. I swear on Pharaoh's life that you'll never leave this coun...
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15
One of you go back and bring your other brother here. The others of you will be kept here in prison...
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16
On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God (Elohim), do as I tell you and yo...
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17
If you're truly honest, choose one of your brothers to stay here in prison. The rest of you can go b...
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18
But you must bring your youngest brother here to me to prove what you're saying is true. If not, you...
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19
“Clearly we're being punished for what we did to our brother,” they said to each other. “We watched...
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20
Reuben said to them, “Didn't I tell you, ‘Don't harm the boy!’ But you didn't listen to me. Now we'r...
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21
Joseph stepped away from them because he started crying. He came back when he was able to speak to t...
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22
Joseph gave the order to fill up their sacks with grain, and also to return the money they had paid...
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23
On their way they stopped for the night, and one of them opened up his sack to give his donkey somet...
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24
He told his brothers, “My money's been returned to me. It's right here at the top of my sack!” They...
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25
When they arrived home in Canaan, they told their father Jacob everything that had happened.
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26
“The man who is the country's governor spoke to us in a severe way, and accused us of spying on the...
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“We told him, ‘We are honest men. We're not spies!
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28
We are twelve brothers, the sons of one father. One has passed away and the youngest is right now wi...
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Then the man who is the country's governor said to us, ‘This is how I'll find out if you're telling...
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Then bring your youngest brother to me. That way I'll know you're not spies but you're telling the t...
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31
As they emptied their sacks, each one's money bag was there in his sack! When they and their father...
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32
Jacob their father accused them, “You have taken Joseph from me—he's gone! Simeon is gone too! Now y...
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33
“You can kill my two sons if I don't bring him back to you,” Reuben assured him. “Trust me with him,...
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“My son won't go there with you!” Jacob declared. “His brother is dead, and he's the only one I have...
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