Verse 9
Genesis 42:9
English Revised Version
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And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
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
Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon an...
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And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us...
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But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mis...
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And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Jo...
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And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly...
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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
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And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see...
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And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
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We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
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And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
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12
And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and,...
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And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
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hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest...
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15
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be prove...
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And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God (Elohim):
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if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison house; but go ye, carry corn for...
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and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And...
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And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distre...
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And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye...
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21
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
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And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and too...
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Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sac...
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And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.
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And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging place, he espied his mon...
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And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart...
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And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen th...
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The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
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we be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father...
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And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one...
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and bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are tru...
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And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in hi...
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And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon...
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35
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him...
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And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if mis...
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