Genesis 42:31
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
30 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:
32 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.
33 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:
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
- But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
- KJV
- And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
- WEB
- We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
- ASV
- And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:
- DARBY
- And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
- BLB
- And we said to him, ‘We [are] honest; we are not spies.
- ÅB
- Og vi sa til ham: Vi er ærlige folk, vi er ikke speidere;
- OTB
- Likevel forsikret vi ham: 'Vi er ærlige menn; vi er ikke spioner.
- B1930
- Og vi sa til ham: Vi er ærlige folk, vi er ikke speidere;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 42:11
We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
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