Genesis 42:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

Remembered

Genesis 37:5

Ye are spies

General references

Genesis 42:14

Genesis 44:19

Bible References

Remembered

Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

Ye are spies

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from the Acacia Grove, saying, “Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.” So they left, and they came to the house of a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.

So the young men who had scouted went in and brought out Rahab and her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.

The spies saw a man coming out of the town and said to him, “Please show us how to get into town, and we will treat you well.”

So David sent out spies and knew for certain that Saul had come.

They

watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so they could catch Him in what He said,

to hand Him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.

General references

Then Joseph said to them, “I have spoken: ‘You are spies!’

My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’