Genesis 42:11
We are all one man's sons; we are true men; thy servants are no spies.
Webster Bible
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 to him, No, my lord, but to buy food have thy servants come.
12And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land have ye come.
Cross References
Genesis 42:33And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and depart:
John 7:18He that speaketh from himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness 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 →