Genesis 42:31
and we say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
In Context
30“The man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;
Cross References
Genesis 42:11we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; your servants have not been spies”;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:30-38
The Report Made to Jacob. ( b. c. 1706.) 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that… Read the whole commentary →