And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
And Joseph saith unto them, `This is that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye are spies,
And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
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Voices2
And 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?
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
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.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
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Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
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His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
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.
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
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.
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
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The verses this one reaches5
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
