Genesis 42:14 · KJV
“And Joseph said unto them, That {is it} that I spake unto you, saying, Ye {are} spies:”
— Genesis 42:14
And they said, Thy servants {are} twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest {is} this day with our father, and one {is} not.
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Genesis 42 — Context
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13And they said, Thy servants {are} twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest {is} this day with our father, and one {is} not.
14And Joseph said unto them, That {is it} that I spake unto you, saying, Ye {are} spies:
15Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether {there be any} truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye {are} spies. {kept...: Heb. bound}
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.
Matthew 15:21-28
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Job 19:11
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as {one of} his enemies.
Job 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?