Genesis 42:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them,“You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”

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  • Gen 37:5-9 : 5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more. 6 He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had: 7 There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!” 8 Then his brothers asked him,“Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said. 9 Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers.“Look,” he said.“I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
  • Gen 42:16 : 16 One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
  • Gen 42:30-31 : 30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land. 31 But we said to him,‘We are honest men; we are not spies!
  • Gen 42:34 : 34 But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
  • Exod 32:35 : 35 And the LORD sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf– the one Aaron made.
  • Num 13:2 : 2 “Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”
  • Num 13:16-20 : 16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua. 17 The Spies’ Instructions When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them,“Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country 18 and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many, 19 and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities, 20 and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether or not there are forests in it. And be brave, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” Now it was the time of year for the first ripe grapes.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 Joshua Sends Spies into the Land Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them:“Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
  • Josh 6:23 : 23 So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside the Israelite camp.
  • Judg 1:24 : 24 the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him,“If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”
  • 1 Sam 26:4 : 4 David sent scouts and verified that Saul had indeed arrived.
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 Paying Taxes to Caesar Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
  • Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

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  • Gen 42:10-16
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    10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

    11We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”

    12“No,” he insisted,“but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

    13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”

    14But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

    15You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

    16One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

  • Gen 42:6-8
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    6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

    8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

  • Gen 37:18-20
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    18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

    19They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams!

    20Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

  • Gen 37:5-6
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    5Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

    6He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:

  • Gen 44:15
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    15Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”

  • Gen 42:29-31
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    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

    30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

    31But we said to him,‘We are honest men; we are not spies!

  • Gen 42:34-35
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    34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”

    35When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:23
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    23(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

  • Gen 37:10
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    10When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying,“What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”

  • Gen 37:23
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    23When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

  • Gen 40:8
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    8They told him,“We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded,“Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me.”

  • Gen 40:6
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    6When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were looking depressed.