Genesis 42:14 KJV
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
Words Then and Now
- spake spoke Still heard today: Thus Spake Zarathustra, the famous opening music of 2001: A Space Odyssey Webster’s 1828 · Speak
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- you, ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Joseph's treatment of his brethrenJoseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had...
Parallel Passages
- Genesis 37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Genesis 42:9–11 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. …
- Job 13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
- Job 19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
- Matthew 15:21–28 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. …
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Topics
- Accusation, false Against Joseph’s brethren by Joseph
- Benjamin Taken into Egypt
- Commerce Egyptians
- Deception Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
- Dissembling Joseph
- Exports Of corn (grain)
- Falsehood Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers
- Hypocrisy Joseph’s deceiving his brothers
- Joseph His father sends down into Egypt to buy corn (grain)
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1745–1635 BC · Joseph
Bible Dictionary
- JosephRemover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen 30:23, Gen 30:24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said,...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And Joseph יוֹסֵף yôsēp יוֹסֵף Proper name
- said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- unto them, That is it that I spake אֲלֵהֶם ʾălēhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative דִּבַּרְתִּי dibbartî דָבַר Verb · piel perfect, first person common singular
- unto you, saying אֲלֵכֶם ʾălēkem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural לֵאמֹר lēʾmōr אָמַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- Ye are spies מְרַגְּלִים mĕraggĕlîm רָגַל Verb · piel active participle, masculine plural אַתֶּם ʾattem Pronoun · second person masculine plural
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