World English Bible
Genesis 42:31
“We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.”
Verse in context — Genesis 42
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They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
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The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.
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We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
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The 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.
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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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