Genesis 42:31
“And we said vnto him, We are true men; we are no spies.”
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Genesis 42:31 Context
29¶ And they came vnto Iacob their father, vnto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell vnto them, saying; 30The man who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to vs, and tooke vs for spies of the countrey. 31And we said vnto him, We are true men; we are no spies. 32We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is not, and the yongest is this day with our father, in the land of Canaan. 33And the man the lord of the countrey said vnto vs, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leaue one of your brethren here with me, and take foode for the famine of your housholds, and be gone.
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And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies:
- King James Version
"But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;
- Basic English Bible
And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
- Darby Bible
And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:
- Webster's Bible
We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.
- World English Bible
and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies.
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