Genesis 42:7
42:7 When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger
to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked, “Where do you come from?” They answered,
“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”
Genesis 42:12
42:12 “No,” he insisted, “but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Genesis 42:16
42:16 One of you must go and get
your brother, while
the rest of you remain in prison.
In this way your words may be tested to see if
you are telling the truth.
If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Genesis 42:30
42:30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us
as if we were
spying on the land.