Genesis 42:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² But he said to them, “No, you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

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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 sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants have never been spies.”

Genesis 42:13

They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of a certain man in the land of Canaan; the youngest, however, is now with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 42:15

Here is how you shall be tested: as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here!

2 Samuel 3:25

You know that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to learn your comings and goings and to learn all that you are doing.”