Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 42:9

9 And Joseph remembred the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies : to see the nakedness of the land you are come.

This he saith not because they were so, or he thought them to be so, but that he might search out the truth of their affairs, speaking too much like a Courtier or Politician.

(i. e.) The weak parts of it, and where it may be best assaulted or surprized.

Marginal references: chap. 37. 5.