Verse 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.'

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:30 : 30 `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;
• Matt 15:23-26 : 23 And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- `Let her away, because she crieth after us;' 24 and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.' 25 And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;' 26 and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'
• Gen 42:9-9 : 9 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.' 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;'
• Gen 42:14-17 : 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;' 17 and he removeth them unto charge three days.
• Gen 42:19-20 : 19 if ye `are' right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn `for' the famine of your houses, 20 and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.