King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 42:31
“And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies:”
Verse in context — Genesis 42
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies:
We [be] twelve brethren, sons of our father; one [is] not, and the youngest [is] this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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