Genesis 42:11
We are all sons of one man; we are true men; thy servants have never been spies.
Leeser Tanakh
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, No, my lord, thy servants are only come to buy food.
12And he said unto them, No! but to see the nakedness of the land are ye come.
Cross References
Genesis 42:33And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brothers here with me, and [the food for] the want of your households take ye and be gone;
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 →