Genesis 42:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹² And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And he said to them, No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

Common English Bible

¹² He said to them, “No. You’ve come to look for the country’s weaknesses.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And he answered them: "It is otherwise. You have come to examine the unguarded parts of this land."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.

Genesis 42:12 Cross References

Genesis 42:11

We are all one man's sons; we are true men; thy servants are no spies.

Genesis 42:13

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Genesis 42:15

hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

2 Samuel 3:25

Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.