Genesis 42:11
We are all one man's sons; we are upright men, thy servants are no spies.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
In Context
10And they said unto him: 'Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
12And he said unto them: 'Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.'
Cross References
Genesis 42:33And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us: Hereby shall I know that ye are upright men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
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 →