Genesis 42:11

WEB

¹¹We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”

KJV

¹¹We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

BSB

¹¹We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

FBV

¹¹We're all the sons of one man and we're honest. We're not spies!”

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Extra References

Genesis 42:19

¹⁹If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

2 Corinthians 6:4

⁴but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

John 7:18

¹⁸He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

³³The 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. ³⁴Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”