Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. Joseph remembered his dreams about them(A) and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness[a] of the land.”

10 “No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food,” they said.

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Footnotes

  1. 42:9 Lit nakedness, also in v. 12

Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.(A) Then he remembered his dreams(B) about them and said to them, “You are spies!(C) You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”(D)

10 “No, my lord,(E)” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.(F)

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