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Genesis 42:31

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We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.

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Genesis 42:31 in other translations

And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

Genesis 42:31 · American Standard Version

Genesis 42:31 in context

  1. 29They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
  2. 30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
  3. 31We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
  4. 32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
  5. 33The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.