Genesis 42:14
in Genesis 42Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
KJV
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
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This verse in Genesis 42
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd Joseph said unto them, that is it that I spake unto you, saying, ye are spies. This proves it, at least gives strong suspicion of it; since at first they seemed to speak of themselves, as if they were the only sons of one man and there were no more, now they speak of twelve, and make mention of one being at home with his father; but seeing he sent so many of them, why not all? why should one only be left at home?
This site's exposition
Just as I said, you are spies
on Genesis 42:14-17
The test he sets has one aim, getting Benjamin down to Egypt, and he holds all ten in custody for three days. As surely as Pharaoh lives is the oath of the country he governs, and Adam Clarke reads it as the speech of the Egyptian they take him to be. In chapter 37 they threw their brother into a pit.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Ye are spies--This is a suspicion entertained regarding strangers in all Eastern countries down to the present day. Joseph, however, who was well aware that his brethren were not spies, has been charged with cruel dissimulation, with a deliberate violation of what he knew to be the truth, in imputing to them such a character.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵהֶ֖ם | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יוֹסֵ֑ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| ה֗וּא | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | [is that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי | dibarti | I said | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֲלֵכֶ֛ם | ʾalekhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לֵאמֹ֖ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מְרַגְּלִ֥ים | meragelim | [are] spies | H7270 → | 25 times |
| אַתֶּֽם׃ | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵהֶ֖םto them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
יוֹסֵ֑ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
ה֗וּאit
hu'H1931 →1879 times
אֲשֶׁ֨ר[is that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבַּ֧רְתִּיI said
dibartiH1696 →1141 times
אֲלֵכֶ֛םto you
ʾalekhemH413 →5510 times
לֵאמֹ֖ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
מְרַגְּלִ֥ים[are] spies
meragelimH7270 →25 times
אַתֶּֽם׃you
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
it leads to
- Job 19:11
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
- Lamentations 2:5
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
- Psalms 13:1
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Deuteronomy 32:20
He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.
- Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
- Job 19:11
Through
Job 19:11His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
it leads to
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.