Genesis 42:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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.

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  • Gen 42:30 : 30 The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
  • Matt 15:23-26 : 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, ‹I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.› 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, ‹It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast› [it] ‹to dogs.›
  • Gen 42:9-9 : 9 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. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
  • Gen 42:14-17 : 14 And Joseph said unto them, That [is it] that I spake unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies: 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether [there be any] truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye [are] spies. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
  • Gen 42:19-20 : 19 If ye [be] true [men], let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: 20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:8-10
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    88%

    8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

    9And 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.

    10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
    82%

    5And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6And Joseph [was] the governor over the land, [and] he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him [with] their faces to the earth.

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    80%

    3And Joseph said unto his brethren, I [am] Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

    4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:1-3
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    1¶ Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

    2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

    3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

  • Gen 42:12-14
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    78%

    12And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

    13And they said, Thy servants [are] twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest [is] this day with our father, and one [is] not.

    14And Joseph said unto them, That [is it] that I spake unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies:

  • Gen 42:23
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    23And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

  • Gen 37:16-18
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    16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].

    17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

    18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

  • Gen 46:31
    77%

    31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which [were] in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with me, [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

    7And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, [Is] your father yet alive? have ye [another] brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

  • Gen 47:1
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    1¶ Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they [are] in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    77%

    14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he [was] yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

    15And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

  • Acts 7:13
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    13And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

  • Gen 45:17
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    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 43:2
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    2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

  • Gen 45:1
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    1¶ Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

  • Gen 42:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:

    34And 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.

  • Gen 47:5
    75%

    5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

  • Gen 43:20
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    20And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

  • Gen 37:27
    74%

    27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he [is] our brother [and] our flesh. And his brethren were content.

  • Gen 37:12
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    12¶ And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.