Genesis 42:9

42:9 Then Joseph remembered ¹  the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!” ² 

Genesis 42:16

42:16 One of you must go and get ³  your brother, while ⁴  the rest of you remain in prison. ⁵  In this way your words may be tested to see if ⁶  you are telling the truth. ⁷  If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

[42:9]  ¹ sn You are spies. Joseph wanted to see how his brothers would react if they were accused of spying.

[42:9]  ² tn Heb “to see the nakedness of the land you have come.”

[42:16]  ³ tn Heb “send from you one and let him take.” After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose.

[42:16]  ⁴ tn The disjunctive clause is here circumstantial-temporal.

[42:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “bound.”

[42:16]  ⁶ tn The words “to see” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[42:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “the truth [is] with you.”