Genesis 42:9

Ye are spies The pretext for this sudden accusation lies in the constant exposure of the Egyptians, on their eastern border, to raids and attacks from nomad hordes of Asiatics. Joseph's words are therefore quite natural. LXX κατάσκοποι, Lat. exploratores.

the nakedness of the land Referring not to the desolation produced by the famine (as Targum of Onkelos), but to the weak and unprotected parts of the frontier: so the Lat. infirmiora terrae: the LXX τὰ ἴχνη τῆς χώρας = "the tracks (?) of the country," is perplexing. Symm. τὰ κρυπτά.