◄ Genesis 42:31 ►
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Good News Translation
'We are not spies,' we answered, 'we are honest men.

New Revised Standard Version
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men, we are not spies.

Contemporary English Version
But we told him, "We're honest men, not spies.

New American Bible
But we said to him: ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

true.

Genesis 42:11 We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

Context
Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan
…30The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country. 31And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.32We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:11
We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

Genesis 42:32
We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.

Genesis 42:30
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