Genesis 42:12
10 “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
11 We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
13 But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
14 Then Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
- KJV
- And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
- WEB
- He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
- ASV
- And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
- DARBY
- And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
- BLB
- And he said to them, “No! But rather, you⁺ have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
- ÅB
- Men han sa til dem: Jo, dere er kommet for å se hvor landet ligger åpent.
- OTB
- Men han insisterte: "Nei, dere har kommet for å se hvor landet vårt er ubevoktet."
- B1930
- Men han sa til dem: Jo, I er kommet for å se hvor landet ligger åpent.