Genesis 42:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye `are' spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

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  • Gen 37:5-9 : 5 And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him. 6 And he saith unto them, `Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.' 8 And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?' and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, `Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.'
  • Gen 42:16 : 16 send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not -- Pharaoh liveth! surely ye `are' spies;'
  • Gen 42:30-31 : 30 `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land; 31 and we say unto him, We `are' right men, we have not been spies,
  • Gen 42:34 : 34 and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye `are' not spies, but ye `are' right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'
  • Exod 32:35 : 35 And Jehovah plagueth the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.
  • Num 13:2 : 2 `Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them.'
  • Num 13:16-20 : 16 These `are' the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua. 17 And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, `Go ye up this `way' into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain, 18 and have seen the land what it `is', and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it `is' strong or feeble; whether it `is' few or many; 19 and what the land `is' in which it is dwelling, whether it `is' good or bad; and what `are' the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses; 20 And what the land `is', whether it `is' fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and ye have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land;' and the days `are' days of the first-fruits of grapes.
  • Josh 2:1 : 1 And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, `Go, see the land -- and Jericho;' and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name `is' Rahab, and they lie down there.
  • Josh 6:23 : 23 And the young man, the spies, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all whom she hath; yea, all her families they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel.
  • Judg 1:24 : 24 and the watchers see a man coming out from the city, and say to him, `Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance of the city, and we have done with thee kindness.'
  • 1 Sam 26:4 : 4 and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 And, having watched `him', they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,
  • Heb 11:31 : 31 by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

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  • Gen 42:10-16
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    10 And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

    11 we `are' all of us sons of one man, we `are' right men; thy servants have not been spies;'

    12 and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

    13 and they say, `Thy servants `are' twelve brethren; we `are' sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one `is' with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

    14 And Joseph saith unto them, `This `is' that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye `are' spies,

    15 by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;

    16 send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not -- Pharaoh liveth! surely ye `are' spies;'

  • Gen 42:6-8
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    6 and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.

    7 And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

    8 And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,

  • Gen 37:18-20
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    18 And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

    19 And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;

    20 and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'

  • Gen 37:5-6
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    5 And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.

    6 And he saith unto them, `Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

  • 15 and Joseph saith to them, `What `is' this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'

  • Gen 42:29-31
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    29 And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

    30 `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

    31 and we say unto him, We `are' right men, we have not been spies,

  • Gen 42:34-35
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    34 and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye `are' not spies, but ye `are' right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'

    35 And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver `is' in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

  • 4 And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I `am' Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

  • 23 And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter `is' between them;

  • 10 And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, `What `is' this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come -- I, and thy mother, and thy brethren -- to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?'

  • 23 And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which `is' upon him,

  • 8 And they say unto him, `A dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it;' and Joseph saith unto them, `Are not interpretations with God? recount, I pray you, to me.'

  • 6 And Joseph cometh in unto them in the morning, and seeth them, and lo, they `are' morose;