He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
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He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
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And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
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And he said unto them: 'Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.'
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but…
Gen 42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Ver. 12. Nay, but to see the nakedness.] That is, the weakness, and where we may be best invaded; as Num 13:19. By this wile he gets out of them that which he much longed to hear of; his father and brother Benjamin’s health and welfare. {Gen 42:9}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Joseph said unto them, that is it that…
And Joseph said unto them, that is it that I spake unto you, saying, ye are spies. This proves it, at least gives strong suspicion of it; since at first they seemed to speak of themselves, as if they were the only sons of one man and there were no more, now they speak of twelve, and make mention of one being at home with his father; but seeing he sent so many of them, why not all? why should one only be left at home?
And Joseph said unto them, that is it that I spake unto you, saying, ye are spies. This proves it, at least gives strong suspicion of it; since at first they seemed to speak of themselves, as if they were the only sons of one man and there were no more, now they speak of twelve, and make mention of one being at home with his father; but seeing he sent so many of them, why not all? why should one only be left at home?
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Genesis 42:15
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gen 42:15Hereby ye shall be proved,.... Whether spies, or not, namely, by producing their youngest brother, said to be at home with his father:
by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither: the phrase, "by the life of Pharaoh", seems to be the form of an oath, as it was common with many nations, especially with the Scythians, who used to swear by the royal throne (a), and the Romans, in later times, by the life, health, and genius of their emperor; and this custom of swearing by the life of their king, or by his head, continued with the Egyptians, as Aben Ezra says, unto his times; though some take this to be a wish or prayer for the life of Pharaoh, and render it, "may Pharaoh live" (b), or, at most, but a strong asseveration, that as dear as the life of Pharaoh was to him, so surely they should not stir from the place where they were, unless their youngest brother Benjamin was brought thither.
(a) Herodot. Melpomene, sive, l. 4. c. 68. (b) "vivat Parhoh", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius; so Ainsworth and Lightfoot.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 He said to them
He said to them
"Joseph said to his brothers"
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No, you have come to see the undefended parts of the land
The full meaning can be stated explicitly. AT: "No, you have come to find out where we are not guarding our land so that you can attack us" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
twelve brothers
"12 brothers" (See: Numbers)
See, the youngest
"Listen to us, the youngest." The word "See" is used to emphasize what they say next.
the youngest is this day with our father
"right now our youngest brother is with our father"
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servant
Canaan
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