Genesis 42:11
we are all sons of one man; we are peaceful, your servants are not spies.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 said, Nay, Sir, we your servants are come to buy food;
12And he said to them, Nay, but you⌃ are come to observe the marks of the land.
Cross References
Genesis 42:33And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Herein shall I know that you⌃ are peaceful; leave one brother here with me, and having taken the corn you⌃ have purchased for your family, depart.
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 →