THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
From this response, harboring doubts about whether they had treated Benjamin in a similar manner, he declares, "This very thing I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye are spies."
Genesis 42:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He saith, This is it that I said: You are spies.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֖ם יוֹסֵ֑ף ה֗וּא אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי אֲלֵכֶ֛ם לֵאמֹ֖ר מְרַגְּלִ֥ים אַתֶּֽם׃
The Church Fathers on this verse
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
Philaret of Moscow (Drosdow)
Just as I informed you earlier, I had my doubts about you; now it will be made evident.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 13:24Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?
- Job 19:11His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.
- Matt 15:21And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coast of Tyre and Sidon.
- Matt 15:28Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour.
- Gen 42:9And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land.
- Gen 42:11We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.