Genesis 42:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² He said to them, “No, it is the weakness of the land that you have come to see.”

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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 are not spies.”

Genesis 42:13

And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 42:15

By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

2 Samuel 3:25

You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”