9Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."


In Context

6 Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph's brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. "Where do you come from?" he asked. "From the land of Canaan," they replied, "to buy food."

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

9 Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."

10 "No, my lord," they answered. "Your servants have come to buy food.

11 We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies."

Genesis 42:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:9And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:9And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:9And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:9And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:9And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land have ye come.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:9Joseph 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:9and 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you are come.