Genesis 42:14 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 42:14

Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!

BSB

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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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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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?

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵהֶ֖ם	'a.le.Hem	to them	H413 →
יוֹסֵ֑ף	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
ה֗וּא	Hu'	it	H1931 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	[is that] which	H834 →
דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי	di.Bar.ti	I said	H1696 →
אֲלֵכֶ֛ם	'a.le.Khem	to you	H413 →
לֵאמֹ֖ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
מְרַגְּלִ֥ים	me.ra.ge.Lim	[are] spies	H7270 →
אַתֶּֽם׃	'a.Tem	you	H859 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 13:24
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
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.
Through
Job 19:11
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
leads to
- Job 13:24
  Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
- Job 16:9
  His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- Job 33:10
  Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.

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