Genesis 42:11
We are all one mans sonnes and meane truely and thy seruauntes are no spies.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
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 sayde vnto him: nay my lorde: but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come.
12And he sayde vnto them: nay verely but euen to se where the land is weake is youre comynge.
Cross References
Genesis 42:33And the lorde of the countre sayde vnto us: here by shall I knowe yf ye meane truely: leaue one of youre brethern here with me and take foode necessary for youre housholdes and get you awaye
John 7:18He that speaketh of him selfe seketh his awne prayse. But he that seketh his prayse that sent him the same is true and no vnrightewesnes is in him.
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 →