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Genesis 42:9

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.

KJV

Recordatusque somniorum, quæ aliquando viderat, ait ad eos : Exploratores estis : ut videatis infirmiora terræ venistis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐμνήσθη Ἰωσὴφ τῶν ἐνυπνίων ὧν ἴδεν αὐτός. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Κατάσκοποί ἐστε, κατανοῆσαι τὰ ἴχνη τῆς χώρας ἥκατε.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּזְכֹּ֣ר יוֹסֵ֔ף אֵ֚ת הַ/חֲלֹמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָלַ֖ם לָ/הֶ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ מְרַגְּלִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לִ/רְא֛וֹת אֶת עֶרְוַ֥ת הָ/אָ֖רֶץ בָּאתֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
חֲל֣וֹם
chlvm
noun · 64×
חָלָֽמְתִּי
chlmty
verb · 30×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
עֶרְוַ֥ת
'rvt
noun · 54×
רַגֵּ֣ל
rgl
verb · 25×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 10:3 — And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants un
  • Gen 37:5 — And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
  • Gen 37:7 — For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.