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Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt

Genesis 42:14

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
KJV
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
WEB
Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
ASV
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
LSV
And Joseph says to them, “This [is] that which I have spoken to you, saying, You [are] spies,
YLT
And Joseph saith unto them, 'This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies,
DBY
And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
DRC
He saith: This is it that I said: You are spies.
GNV
Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.
JPS
And Joseph said unto them: 'That is it that I spoke unto you, saying: Ye are spies.
LXXE
And Joseph said to them, This is it that I spoke to you, saying, ye are spies;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֖ם יוֹסֵ֑ף ה֗וּא אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי אֲלֵכֶ֛ם לֵאמֹ֖ר מְרַגְּלִ֥ים אַתֶּֽם׃
LXX-Br
Εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἰωσὴφ, τοῦτό ἐστιν ὃ εἴρηκα ὑμῖν, λέγων, ὅτι κατάσκοποί ἐστε.

Who and where

👤 Joseph (son of Jacob)◆ 7 years of famine◆ Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
  • Job 19:11His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
  • Matthew 15:21–28Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a…
  • Genesis 42:9–11Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food. We are all sons of one man. Your…

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