KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Joseph remembered the dreams he had about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come here to find out where our land is weak and undefended.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Joseph remembered his childhood dreams about his brothers bowing to him and accused them of being spies when they came to Egypt for food.
📚 Historical Context
This takes place during a severe famine when Joseph's brothers traveled from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain. Joseph was now a powerful ruler in Egypt, but his brothers didn't recognize him after more than 20 years. Joseph was testing them, remembering the dreams God had given him as a teenager about his family bowing down to him.
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