And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.
If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hun
Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”