Genesis 42:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Ioseph remembred the dreames, which he dreamed of them) and he sayde vnto them, Ye are spies, and are come to see the weaknesse of the land.

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  • Gen 37:5-9 : 5 And Ioseph dreamed a dreame, and told his brethren, who hated him so much the more. 6 For he saide vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed. 7 Beholde nowe, wee were binding sheues in the middes of the field: and loe, my shefe arose and also stoode vpright, and behold, your sheues compassed rounde about, and did reuerence to my shefe. 8 Then his brethren saide to him, What, shalt thou reigne ouer vs, and rule vs? or shalt thou haue altogether dominion ouer vs? And they hated him so much the more, for his dreames, and for his wordes. 9 Againe hee dreamed an other dreame, & tolde it his brethren, and saide, Behold, I haue had one dreame more, and beholde, the Sunne and the Moone & eleuen starres did reuerence to me.
  • Gen 42:16 : 16 Send one of you which may fet your brother, & ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proued, whether there bee trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh ye are but spies.
  • Gen 42:30-31 : 30 The man, who is Lorde of the lande, spake roughly to vs, and put vs in prison as spyes of the countrey. 31 And we sayd vnto him, We are true men, and are no spies.
  • Gen 42:34 : 34 And bring your yongest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that ye are no spies, but true men: so will I deliuer you your brother, and yee shall occupie in the land.
  • Exod 32:35 : 35 So the Lorde plagued the people, because they caused Aaro to make ye calfe which he made.
  • Num 13:2 : 2 (13:3) Sende thou men out to search the lande of Canaan which I giue vnto the children of Israel: of euery tribe of their fathers shall ye sende a man, such as are all rulers among them.
  • Num 13:16-20 : 16 (13:17) These are the names of the men, which Moses sent to spie out the lande: and Moses called ye name of Oshea the sonne of Nun, Iehoshua. 17 (13:18) So Moses sent them to spie out the lande of Canaan, & said vnto them, Go vp this way toward the South, and go vp into the moutaines, 18 (13:19) And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwel therein, whether they be strong or weake, either fewe or many, 19 (13:20) Also what the lande is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad: and what cities they be, that they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents, or in walled townes: 20 (13:21) And what the land is: whether it be fat or leane, whether there be trees therein, or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruite of the lande (for then was the time of the first ripe grapes)
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Then Ioshua the sonne of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spie secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and also Iericho: and they went, and came into an harlots house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
  • Josh 6:23 : 23 So the yong men that were spies, went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that shee had: also they brought out all her familie, and put them without the host of Israel.
  • Judg 1:24 : 24 And the spies sawe a man come out of the citie, and they saide vnto him, Shewe vs, we praie thee, the way into the citie, and we will shewe thee mercie.
  • 1 Sam 26:4 : 4 (For Dauid had sent out spies, and vnderstood, that Saul was come in very deede)
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should faine themselues iust men, to take him in his talke, and to deliuer him vnto the power and authoritie of the gouernour.
  • Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them which obeyed not, when she had receiued the spies peaceably.

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  • Gen 42:10-16
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    10 But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come.

    11 Wee are all one mans sonnes: wee meane truely, and thy seruants are no spies.

    12 But he saide vnto them, Nay, but yee are come to see the weakenes of the land.

    13 And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not.

    14 Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.

    15 Hereby ye shall be proued: by the life of Pharaoh, ye shal not goe hence, except your yongest brother come hither.

    16 Send one of you which may fet your brother, & ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proued, whether there bee trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh ye are but spies.

  • Gen 42:6-8
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    6 Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him.

    7 And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.

    8 (Now Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knew not him.

  • Gen 37:18-20
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    18 And when they sawe him a farre off, euen before he came at them, they conspired against him for to slay him.

    19 For they sayd one to another, Behold, this dreamer commeth.

    20 Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pitte, and wee will say, A wicked beast hath deuoured him: then wee shall see, what will come of his dreames.

  • Gen 37:5-6
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    5 And Ioseph dreamed a dreame, and told his brethren, who hated him so much the more.

    6 For he saide vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed.

  • 15 Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?

  • Gen 42:29-31
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    29 And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying,

    30 The man, who is Lorde of the lande, spake roughly to vs, and put vs in prison as spyes of the countrey.

    31 And we sayd vnto him, We are true men, and are no spies.

  • Gen 42:34-35
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    34 And bring your yongest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that ye are no spies, but true men: so will I deliuer you your brother, and yee shall occupie in the land.

    35 And as they emptied their sacks, behold, euery mans bundel of money was in his sacke: and when they and their father sawe the bundels of their money, they were afrayde.

  • 4 Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

  • 23 (And they were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.)

  • 10 Then he tolde it vnto his father and to his brethren, and his father rebuked him, and saide vnto him, What is this dreame, which thou hast dreamed? Shal I, and thy mother, & thy brethren come in deede & fall on the ground before thee?

  • 23 Now when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they stript Ioseph out of his coate, his particoloured coate that was vpon him.

  • 8 Who answered him, We haue dreamed, eche one a dreame, and there is none to interprete the same. Then Ioseph saide vnto them, Are not interpretations of God? Tell them me nowe.

  • 6 And when Ioseph came in vnto them in the morning, and looked vpon them, beholde, they were sad.