Genesis 42:7

World English Bible (2000)

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

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  • Gen 42:30 : 30 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
  • Matt 15:23-26 : 23 But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us." 24 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me." 26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
  • Gen 42:9-9 : 9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land." 10 They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food. 11 We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies." 12 He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!"
  • Gen 42:14-17 : 14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!' 15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here. 16 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies." 17 He put them all together into custody for three days.
  • Gen 42:19-20 : 19 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses. 20 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.

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  • Gen 42:8-10
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    8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

    9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

    10 They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

  • Gen 42:5-6
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    5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.

    4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:1-3
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    1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"

    2 He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."

    3 Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 42:12-14
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    12 He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!"

    13 They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."

    14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

  • Gen 42:23
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    23 They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

  • Gen 37:16-18
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    16 He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

    17 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

    18 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6 Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"

    7 They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

  • Gen 47:1
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    1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen."

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    14 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

    15 Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"

  • Acts 7:13
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    13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race was revealed to Pharaoh.

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

  • Gen 45:17
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    17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 43:2
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    2 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

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    1 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause everyone to go out from me!" No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

  • Gen 42:33-34
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    33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

    34 Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'"

  • Gen 47:5
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    5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 43:20
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    20 and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

  • Gen 37:27
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    27 Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.

  • Gen 37:12
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    12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.