Genesis 42:11
we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; thy servants have not been spies;'
Young's Literal Translation
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 say unto him, 'No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;
12and he saith unto them, 'No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'
Cross References
Genesis 42:33'And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye [are] right men — one of your brethren leave with me, and [for] the famine of your houses take ye and go,
John 7:18'He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not 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 →