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.|


In Context

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.

7 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.|

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.

11 We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants are 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:9Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."

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 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.