Genesis 42:11
We are all good men and all have the same father. We are honest men and never tell lies. We are not spies.”
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
In Context
10But they cried out, “No Sir! We are not spies. We are like slaves to you. We just want to buy food.
12Joseph said, “No. I think you have come to Egypt to see where our country is weak.”
Cross References
Genesis 42:33The boss of that country said, ‘I want to make sure that you are honest men that live the right way. One of you must stay behind in Egypt, while the rest of you take food back to your families.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:8-21
Joseph Speaks Roughly to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy… Read the whole commentary →