Holy Scripture
Genesis 42:9
A church father on this verse
“They answered and said, "We do not even know the Egyptian language so that, by speaking Egyptian, we might escape notice and deceive the Egyptians. That we dwell in the land of Canaan you can learn from our offering. Moreover, there are twelve of us, and it is impossible that we should all have the same evil purpose o…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw; and he said to them, Ye are spies; to observe the marks of the land are ye come.
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In context
7And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke hard words to them; and said to them, Whence are ye come? And they said, Out of the land of Canaan, to buy food.
8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
— Genesis 42:9 —
10But they said, Nay, Sir, we thy servants are come to buy food;
11we are all sons of one man; we are peaceable, thy servants are not spies.