◄ Genesis 42:11 ►
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Good News Translation
We are all brothers. We are not spies, sir, we are honest men."

New Revised Standard Version
We are all sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants have never been spies.”

Contemporary English Version
We're honest men, and we come from the same family--we're not spies."

New American Bible
All of us are sons of the same man. We are honest men; your servants have never been spies.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

We are, etc.

true men.

Genesis 42:19,33,34 If you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways, and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses. . . .

John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true and there is no injustice in him.

2 Corinthians 6:4 But in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses,

Context
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
…10But they said: It is not so, my lord; but thy servants are come to buy food. 11We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.12And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:12
And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.

Genesis 42:16
Send one of you to fetch him: and you shall be in prison, till what you have said be proved, whether it be true or false: or else by the health of Pharao you are spies.

Genesis 42:19
If you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways, and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses.

Genesis 42:31
And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

Genesis 42:10
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